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#PracticingGratitude

As people ponder the “cancel culture,” I’ve been thinking about a different one, we’ll call it the “complain culture.” It’s everywhere—all over our airwaves, in our break rooms at work, at our kitchen tables, on freeways, in lines at grocery Read more…


10 Ways to Up Your Love Game

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been reminded in both subtle and obvious ways that all around us people are hurting. Most times we don’t notice because we are too caught up in our own lives and issues. But, as Read more…


How is your self-image?

It was wartime. Tensions and fears were high. They were especially so for Mephibosheth, the five-year-old prince whose grandfather and father had died untimely deaths on the battlefield, leaving a political vacuum that begged to be filled. Knowing the boy’s Read more…


Are you ready to receive your gift?

Earlier this year, for a host of reasons, I decided it was time to part with an item I had owned and enjoyed for about a decade. Because it still had some life in it, I wanted to give it Read more…


Leaving the itchy things alone …

    On a recent gorgeous warm night, I walked to a local park to enjoy an outdoor music concert. People were strewn about—some sat on lawn chairs and others on tarps on the ground; some stood while others danced Read more…