Entries by lori
Goals vs. Values: Why the Cookies Keep Winning
Scrolling social media, you see the same pithy adages: be consistent, show up and do the work, you don’t want it bad enough, no one is coming to save you, discipline is the ice that forges the fire of willpower (I made that one up), you get the idea. We all just came off the […]
What Will You Do With Me?
God will never shame you into anything. He only draws. I grew up a preacher’s kid. My dad pastored for most of the time I was growing up, so every week was filled to the hilt with church attendance and activities. This was the time of wearing your Sunday best (never jeans), so I was […]
Why does it seem like things get worse before they get better?
Theologian Thomas Fuller knew this when he wrote, “It is always darkest just before the Day dawneth.” From an astronomy perspective, this metaphor isn’t true-eth. The darkest part of the night is actually around midnight. But it does capture the emotional truth of struggle. The clash between dark and light that occurs just before dawn […]