Whether seeking to unravel underwater mysteries, wondering what lies outside Earth's orbit, or forming attachments to others, our desire to "know" is a clue to why God created us.
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A few summers ago, I took a pottery class. I thought making a pot looked so easy and fun until I tried to throw one on the wheel myself. Every attempt ended as an ugly lump of clay. It turns out that making a pot is not as easy as I believed. And neither is being made into something new.
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Comfort zones are those familiar places where we feel secure and have an illusion of control. We tend to avoid anything that could upset such blissful equilibrium or cause discomfort, so it takes force to propel oneself out of a comfort zone and into a novel situation. For me, that force is FOMO: the fear of missing out.
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Evaluating the causes of our anger and how we respond to it is not easy. The week I wrote this, I got mad at someone who almost side-swiped my car while they were texting. In a world chock full of moments like this and much, much worse, how can anger help lead us to Christian growth and maturity?
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Sometimes, I miss the daily life I shared with my kids when they were young, with its abundant opportunities to participate daily in their flourishing and be a buffer against the world's harsher realities. Now, every goodbye reminds me of my new role and what it means for my faith.
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An encouraging reminder for those times when it feels like we are spiritually stagnating: God is always at work, even when we can’t see it.
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An unfortunate incident on a California freeway made me wish emotions could be sucked up like dust by a vacuum. Instead, we have to learn how to manage them when the emotional pollen count is high.
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No matter how productive and hard-working I think I am, sloth is a concern in this modern era of entertainment and comforts available on demand. Why does time matter so much?
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One night after I brought my first baby home from the hospital, my husband returned from work to find me crying on the bed in the dark. I was holding the baby, who was also wailing, and I was in near-total shutdown mode. I had tried everything in the books to soothe him, but nothing worked. I felt like giving up.
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Like a car that won’t go another mile without gas, I sometimes tend to get out and push the car instead of filling up during difficult seasons in life. This practice doesn’t get me very far.
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