This past week, I had a client come into my office that inspired this post. I say “inspired”, but it hardly seems like a fitting word to use in this context. This experience impacted me by reminding me of how easy it is to slide into undesirable circumstances, camp out there a while, or in … Continue reading Normalizing Mediocrity
Tag: Addiction
SOMEONE WHO’LL BELIEVE IN ME
If you’ve read my previous posts, you’ll know I returned to a job I left several years earlier as a probation officer. This is a story motivated by one young man who grabbed my heart very quickly. It was day 3 of my return to probation and as I eased back into my groove in … Continue reading SOMEONE WHO’LL BELIEVE IN ME
The Man on the Street Corner
Several weeks ago, my path took a radical 180 and I found myself returning to a job I left several years ago. When I informed a very close friend of my unexpected return to being a probation officer, his reaction somewhat annoyed me because he was excited. See, I hadn’t wrapped my brain completely around … Continue reading The Man on the Street Corner
Got To Start somewhere
GETTING TO THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY Several months ago, my wife made a statement that stuck with me. We were having a conversation about incorporating some form of physical activity into our lives on a regular basis. She talked about walking in the neighborhood and said that if she could “just get to the … Continue reading Got To Start somewhere
CRITICAL MOMENTS
A Critical Moment...also known as a Turning Point SMALL HINGES; LARGE DOORS I was once reading from a book titled “Violent Prayer” by Chris Tiegreen about some strategic battles within World War II: Normandy in the battle with Nazi Germany and Iwo Jima in the battle of the Pacific. Both battles were instrumental in America … Continue reading CRITICAL MOMENTS
Haunted!
Halloween is behind us, but the idea for this post was conceived along some county roads as I stared out my windshield on Halloween morning several weeks ago. I was on my way to meet a real estate client and look at a house. As I drove along, I thought about how many times my … Continue reading Haunted!
An Irrelevant “gospel”
I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; Galatians 1:6-7 There are times when we cross paths with people who are in genuine need of a miracle in their lives. As options and hope evaporate, we … Continue reading An Irrelevant “gospel”