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Wasted Time
I am spectacularly good at wasting time. When I am up against something I’m not sure I can do as well as I’d like. Honestly, when I’m afraid I’m going to fail, I find it easy to be distracted. Self-sabotage at it’s finest. But that is just one of the reasons people waste time. It…
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Do the Right Thing
Betrayal. If you spend a long enough amount of time on Earth, you will experience it. Unfortunately, it also seems to be true that if you spend enough time in ministry, you will experience it. The betrayal of someone you know or love can be absolutely devastating. Some marriages never recover from the betrayal of…
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The Truth Will Out
“Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.” “The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.” “Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.” Proverbs 10:9, 11-12 (ESV) I recently had the chance to watch…
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Shouting from the Rooftops
Date: March 27, 1987 Place: Intersection of 7th and Main, Los Angeles, CA At that location, atop a liquor store in downtown L.A., U2 brought the area to a screeching halt as they filmed the music video for “Where the Streets Have No Name.” They are not the only band to have done something like…
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Faith, Religiousness, and Spirituality: What’s the Difference?
Matters of faith and psychology are both part of people’s everyday, and often seen at odds with one another. Given that psychology at its root literally means “the study of the soul” this is unsurprising, but to any researcher at the intersection of these two fields, there is an understanding that they have much in…
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I Knew Better!
Reading: Proverbs 8:4-12 Extended Reading: Proverbs 8 Across the past years I have both taught about and carried out counseling for people stuck at some point or other, and often within that context, I have treated people struggling with addiction. These addictions have been in multiple forms – substance use, alcohol, gambling, gaming, pornography, food…
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Learning the Hard Way
The year was 1992. Seinfeld was already popular and two new shows were premiering on TV that year in Mad About You and Melrose Place. In the world of Christian Music, a newer band called dcTalk released their brand new album Free At Last, and what would eventually become a more popular song on this…
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Being Broke
Up to this point in Proverbs, Solomon has guided us toward wisdom and away from adultery. Wisdom, he tells us, is more precious than the most precious items of any time and nothing is more desirable (3:14-15). Adultery is a fools errand that leads to death and destruction (chapters 5, 6, and 7). But here…
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Sharp as a Two-Edged Sword
Adultery. It’s everywhere. Think, when was the most recent time you ran across this topic? Within the past month? Week? 24 Hours? For me, it was sitting with my wife watching The Crown on Netflix, but really it’s just everywhere. Most recent popular television shows are wrought with it. A Million Little Things, Breaking Bad,…
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