Never Leave Home Without 'em. (don't even get out of bed without them) Have you ever left the house and remembered you forgot your wallet or your phone? Or worse, forgotten your keys inside on the counter behind the locked door? I've done all 3. It didn't take me long to get that "uhoh" feeling in the pit of my stomach and each time I returned to grab what I had left behind right away. Wouldn't it be nice if we would realize so quickly when our relational skills for dealing w

Bad things happen. They happen to everyone. Some people seem to crumble under the weight of “bad things” in their lives while others manage to let things go quickly and easily and don’t appear to be affected by the very same “bad things”. If you’re in the 2nd category, you probably don’t even know why you are this way. If you’re in the 1st category, you wish you knew their secret. As a category 2 person myself, I think I’ve figured it out and I want everyone to learn this sec

Reading in Nehemiah I couldn’t help but notice that the word “repaired” was repeated over and over again in Chapter 3. This passage is all about how Nehemiah found the walls of Jerusalem in ruin and was inspired by God to have them rebuilt. Often when I think of “walls” I think of the walls that I’ve put up around my own heart to protect me. My walls have been used in the past to keep everyone out… including those I love, and even for some time, to keep God out too. I’ve spen