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Category: spirituality

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020

What Kind of Messiah Are You Looking For? (A Reflection on Palm Sunday)

We were all coasting along, minding our own business, making our plans, and WHAM!!! Corona virus broadsides us and train-wrecks every good thing we had going.

Posted in Culture, spirituality, Theology. Tagged Easter, Good Friday, Palm Sunday, Tragedy, Triumph. 1 Comment
April 2, 2020March 31, 2020

How to Fix Your Mind

If the only power our thoughts have over us is the power we give them, then we need to empower positive thinking and disempower negative thinking. But how do we do that?

Posted in Depression & Burnout, Leadership, spirituality, Theology. Tagged mental health, mindfulness, thoughts. Leave a comment
March 31, 2020March 31, 2020

Do You Need a Mental Detox?

Thoughts. Like technology, knowledge, and pumpkin spice, they can be used for good or evil. Good thoughts build up. Bad thoughts tear down. Positive thoughts produce positive results. Negative thoughts lead to negative results.

Posted in Depression & Burnout, spirituality. Tagged detox, mental health, thoughts. Leave a comment
March 26, 2020March 22, 2020

Hope for Dead-end Dreams

The story of Joseph (coupled with the entire witness of Scripture) gives us a greater perspective on dealing with the disappointment, pain, and anger of broken dreams.

Posted in Church Planting, Depression & Burnout, Leadership, Parenting, spirituality. Tagged brokenness, dreams, hope, Joseph. Leave a comment
March 23, 2020March 22, 2020

When Dreams Die

What do we do when the dream that was birthed in our heart, nurtured in our mind, and developed through depth of sacrifice that few will ever know, lies shattered beyond repair?

Posted in Church Planting, Depression & Burnout, Leadership, Parenting, spirituality. Tagged brokenness, dreams, Joseph. 1 Comment
March 19, 2020March 19, 2020

A Prayer for Dark Times

Lord, You have always given strength for the coming day;
and though I am weak, today I believe.

Posted in Depression & Burnout, spirituality. Tagged Believe, Doubt, Faith, Prayer. Leave a comment
March 16, 2020March 12, 2020

Even in the Darkness, You Cannot Hide From God (When the Light Goes Dark, Part 4)

Sometimes God speaks to you through His Word. Sometimes God speaks to you through a friend. Sometimes God speaks to you through a still small voice. And sometimes God just speaks to me in the bathroom through National Geographic.

Posted in Depression & Burnout, spirituality. Tagged burnout, dark night, depression, spirituality. 1 Comment
March 12, 2020March 10, 2020

When the Light Goes Dark, Part 3: Four Ways Through the Dark Night

What do we do when the light goes dark? When happiness turns to despair? Laughter turns to tears? God is silent and absent? We need a way of holding on to God when it seems as though God has let go of us.

Posted in Depression & Burnout, spirituality. Tagged burnout, dark night, depression, spirituality. Leave a comment
March 9, 2020March 9, 2020

When the Light Goes Dark, Part 2: Four Realities of the Dark Night of the Soul

For whatever reason, the light that once burned bright has become so dim you can barely see it anymore. You’re stumbling around in the darkness. You’re sleepwalking through life, just going through the motions. Nobody else has even noticed. But you have. You’re dead inside.

Posted in Depression & Burnout, spirituality. Tagged burnout, dark night, depression, spirituality. 2 Comments
March 5, 2020March 19, 2020

When the Light Goes Dark, Part 1: Five Reasons We May Experience a “Dark Night of the Soul”

Winter happens when the earth tilts away from the sun. The “winter of the soul” happens the same way. Something moves, shifts, or turns, and our heart grows cold and darkness overwhelms our soul.

Posted in Depression & Burnout, spirituality. Tagged burnout, depression, mental health, spirituality. 1 Comment

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