Posts tagged “Character”
We must learn to judge like Jesus
You’ve probably heard that Jesus once said, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged” (Matthew 7:1). But what does that mean? Keep…
Start with sameness
Imagine an alien invasion. I mean the kind with green skin and arriving in spaceships. I would expect earthlings to unite on the basis…
Ordinary Christianity
I wonder if the devil loves extraordinary Christianity. By “extraordinary,” I mean those stories you read in Christian books about people who prayed for…
Goodbye regret, hello change
Mid-December regret hits hard. January brims with enthusiasm and renewed determination to change. But all too often, December is the reminder that the year…
God came near
One of my spiritual mentors reminded me of this shift: There is a difference between faith in the outcome I am dictating to God…
What kind of aroma are you?
Everyone has a favorite aroma. What’s yours? Is it freshly mown grass or crisp, line-dried laundry? Is it warm chocolate chip cookies or a…
Don’t be a troll
Do you know about troll farms? Until recently, I lived in blissful ignorance. But then I learned how thousands and thousands of people in…
If not now, when?
A few years back, I heard a pastor say most people don’t reject Jesus. They just never get around to following him. Each day…
Showing up
Woody Allen is credited with saying, “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” If you check other sources, he might also have said that…
YOU are the moon
“You are the light of the world.” If Jesus didn’t say it, we might think it was false teaching. But he did say it…
Your problems are not outside of you
For the past 30 years or so, the self-esteem movement has preached one message: You are wonderful just the way you are. That sounds…
Are you a success?
The biggest thing that determines your personal success is how you personally define success. So how do you define it? Is success a certain…