I had no idea releasing, promoting, and marketing a book would be so uncomfortable. Honestly, I thought the hard part was in the writing and publishing. I naively believed that God taught me all my lessons in the 4 years it took me to write, develop, and get it published. I sat back and patted […]
[box] “Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” Shawshank Redemption. Andy’s letter to Red.[/box] One of my favorite movies is Shawshank Redemption. If you’ve seen the movie, you will remember that when the older man, Brooks, was released from prison, he couldn’t adjust to […]
How comfortable are you with silence? It’s a noisy world. The pace is hard to keep. The distractions are limitless. There is too much to do and too little time to do it. I have only a simple verse for today. It’s my life verse. Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God. […]
“If you are not willing to risk the unusual you will have to settle for the ordinary.” Jim Rohn Friends, may you risk the unusual for the sake of godliness, for the sake of advancing the gospel, for the sake of love, for the sake of experiencing life like never before. Rest this day in […]
When my oldest son Jacob was almost 9, he switched sports. After playing soccer since he was 3 years old, he made the move to baseball. He played a season of t-ball at 4 and a season of machine pitch at 4, but he barely remembers it. The 9-10 year old league is kid-pitch, and […]
I’ve read the story of Jonah no less than 50 times. Anyone with children has. We usually focus on the part of the story where Jonah disobeys God and is swallowed by a giant fish where he spent 3 stinky days. Then Jonah obeyed. During my quiet time the other day, I read to the […]
“You must determine what success is to you.” The words my friend spoke didn’t seem revolutionary at the time. We were meeting about my future as a writer. I wrote a lot of words from that meeting. This statement was not one of them. I didn’t realize the importance at the time. The words needed […]
