It may feel like you’re taking a lot of losses in life right now. (I’ve had a few this month as well.) But maybe instead of trying to run away from them, we should open our eyes and ears and listen to what God is telling us in them.

Ask your questions. Wrestle. Ponder. Struggle, even.

Friend, you’re going through a process. During that process, you’re going to look back on things you did last year or even yesterday and shudder. That’s actually good. That’s healthy.

There have been countless words written about friends and friendship, and I don’t pretend to have some secret knowledge about the idea. Instead, I want to tell you what I’ve learned about it as I’ve been reflecting on the idea recently.

What if we changed our mindset this year? What if instead of dreading “back to school” we embraced, “forward to school”?

When vacations aren’t what you want them to be.

Don’t just John Travolta.

Michael has been arrested 27 times. He literally has 27 mugshots. After one arrest, he vowed to never drink or do drugs again. By that night he was drunk and high.

In a time when selfishness rules in culture I was reminded that we still have vivid pictures of what true sacrifice looks like, and how that points to the ultimate sacrifice that we are so quick to gloss over.

You are not enough. I am not enough. And the more we try to convince ourselves of that the more pain we actually create for ourselves.

We are like my grass. Stay with me and I’ll explain.

Is it any wonder, then, that Jesus is called the “wonderful counselor” in the Bible? I don’t think so. In counseling I experience that every time.

Why do we love rooting for underdogs? Because we all are underdogs. And that’s a good thing.

Have you experienced some life typos?

Some big news on the book front, plus a behind-the-scenes look at how it came to be.

Anxiety about current events can led you to isolation. You should try solitude instead.

I have to remind myself I can’t control everything. If you do, too, then this will be helpful.

That last place I expected to find comfort was in the hospital room as my step-dad passed. But I did.

When things are going well, a lot of people want to stop taking their meds. But that’s not what your anxiety meds are for.

The one question anxiety sufferers ask all the time.