Weekly Practice: Stop and Laugh

Sometimes the Best Medicine… I’ve been blessed with some incredible friends through the years who incite a riotous environment of deep belly laughter all around them. It starts as a small rumble, but quickly crescendos into a whole choir enjoying the fruit of a good...

Weekly Practice: Stop and Reflect

It’s Hard to Stay Grounded When we’re moving through life at a breakneck speed, it can be hard to remember what it feels like to slow down and smell the flowers (Stop and Reflect). Nearly everyday, I walk past a beautiful front yard where the owners do a meticulous...

Weekly Practice: Stop and Be

Accepting Who We Were Created to Be So God created human beings in his own image.     In the image of God he created them;     male and female he created them. – Genesis 1:27 I grew up in an Evangelical tradition, one that I’m deeply grateful for. With many...

Weekly Practice: Stop and Listen

My Life Is So Busy Do you ever feel like you’re on a treadmill and just can’t get off? There is always more work to be done. More weeds to pull. More conversations to be had. More ways to improve yourself. It bleeds into every aspect of our lives. We can’t even let...

Weekly Practice: Honesty

Showing our Flaws Somewhere along the way, being like Jesus lost honesty and morphed into an outward perfection. The pursuit of religious zeal put up shiny veneers, forgetting about the hard work it takes to achieve that result naturally. One of the most disarming...

Weekly Practice: Presence

Caring Enough to Show It North America is in an epidemic of loneliness. We have lost the ability to give one another presence. It began before the pandemic, and has only accelerated over the last three years. Individuals have never been so connected to the world...