Be Careful, Little Mind: Discernment in a Season of Deception
The outrage machine hopes you’re too busy to know the difference between conviction and manipulation. A Sunday School song has the plan.
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The Smartest Way to Stay Stuck and Why It Feels Like Progress
After doing all this work, you’re still stuck. Learn why insight can become its own avoidance strategy, and what to do instead.
The Saul Trap: Stop Trying to Improve on God’s Plan
King Saul always had something to add to the plan. Here’s why that cost him everything, and what it means for the rest of us.
Don’t quit before you quit
A 2008 journal entry surfaces a lesson that still holds: when you’re stuck, focus on the work in front of you and let God handle the rest.
I Came to X as a Mission Field. Here’s What I Learned.
Here’s what a year of daily posting, a video challenge, and a moment during Holy Week reminded me about obedience and staying in your lane.
Goals vs Values: Why Your Goals Keep Failing
Learn the framework to understand why your goals keep failing when they’re not connected to your values.
Why self-awareness keeps you stuck
Insight without committed action changes nothing. Learn the difference between rumination and real change.
You’re Not Really Avoiding the Task
You’re not avoiding the task, you’re avoiding the feeling. There’s a reason why you keep putting things off.
Nobody’s plotting against you
Stop performing for an audience that isn’t watching.
What Lucille Ball Can Teach Us About Audacious Belief
The real lesson from I Love Lucy isn’t about comedy. It’s about believing in the work before you can see where it’s going.