Day 10: Happy 10th Birthday Jacob
Dear Jacob, Your birthday happens to fall in the middle of my 31 day series on getting uncomfortable with God. You don’t fit in this topic. In fact, I can think of all the ways you make my life more comfortable. You see, I get you. And that brings me comfort. Where did a decade […]
Day 9: Promoting a Book is Painfully Uncomfortable
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 […]
Day 8: Lessons of Hope from Shawshank
[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 […]
Day 7: Silent Discomfort
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. […]
Day 6: Risk the Unusual
“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 […]
Day 5: Lessons From The Batters Box
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 […]
