In order to have the blessings in life, you must deal with some of the less pleasant tasks that get you those blessings.
Category: conflict
Adjusting Your Sense of Scale
In digital photography, there is a technique called “tilt-shifting” where a picture of a real-life scene is made to look like a photograph of a model. The key to getting this to work effectively is to blur those things that your eye naturally uses to get a sense of scale. Sometimes, when we have a … Continue reading Adjusting Your Sense of Scale
Breaking Down to Build Back Up
I have friends who are Marines. None that I know of are currently active. Once, I made the mistake of referring to one of them as a “former” Marine and was quickly corrected. “There are no former Marines,” she said, “only active and retired ones.” When God reiterated the promise of His abiding presence to … Continue reading Breaking Down to Build Back Up
Splitting atoms when our problems aren’t even vinegar on baking soda.
We all have elements in our lives that, for us, make life work. Let’s call them “molecules of control.” The elements that make up those molecules might be friends, family, work, hobbies; it’s different for everyone yet the same too because, like I said, our molecules of control are what we use to make life … Continue reading Splitting atoms when our problems aren’t even vinegar on baking soda.
Tie a knot in your rope and hang on!
Jehoshaphat was a king of Judah. His name means “Jehovah judges,” and he did his best to live up to that name. During his reign he brought about many reforms. He set judges over the people, men appointed to judge civil cases, and set them on notice: 2 Chronicles 19:6-7(6) And said to the judges, … Continue reading Tie a knot in your rope and hang on!
Turning to Our Rock
You know how in action movies you have the hero, the bad guy and the person the hero is protecting? You know that scene where the hero has to confront the bad guy and the hero and the person he’s protecting are in a car outside the bad guy’s place? What does the hero almost … Continue reading Turning to Our Rock
Dealing with a Friend’s Grief: The Art of Saying Nothing
When someone is grieving over devastating loss, sometimes the best thing to say is nothing and the best thing to do is just being there.
Three Young Men That Really Knew How to Live
The young men, Meshach, Shadrach and Abednego, knew how to live because they served a God for Whom they were literally willing to die.
Monday Musings: Conflict Resolution 101
Biblical conflict resolution is not about winning arguments, it's about winning hearts.
Grace in Waves 