Personal Growth

5 Signs You Lack Integrity

Integrity is something you desire, but how do you know if you have it?  And what exactly is it anyway? Sometimes it’s easiest to think about something out of its immediate context.   When something is well-built, we say it…

The Silence Test

Want to know how you’re really doing?  Sit in silence. Sit silently for at least 10 minutes – even an hour if you can handle it. More and more, I’m learning that silence reveals what’s really happening inside me. Whenever…

Solitude v. Isolation

More so than any other point in my life, I enjoy being alone.  But there’s a world of difference between solitude and isolation. It can be easy to miss the difference, but the difference night and day. Solitude is good.…

Wasting Your Time

So I'm all for grace, and I need more in my life, but today the Bible rocked my socks once again.  I was reading the Sermon on the Mount, and understood once again why people reacted both positively and negatively…

Is This What God is Up to In Your Life?

Everyone once in a while when I read the Bible stuff pops up that I just plain never noticed before.  It’s been there for thousands of years.  I know I’ve read it before.  It’s just that I missed it. Earlier…