Hungry for Love
Just like physical hunger, we have a real need to be filled. We long to be reminded of our identity and value - who we are on the inside. A family and community can certainly fill some of our needs, but no one on earth can handle the full weight and pressure of another human heart.
Don't Answer the Door - How to Resist Temptation
Just think about that for a second! Jesus, who was God with skin on, faced all the same similar temptations that you and I face. Emphasis on the similar. Just because you feel the need to binge on Netflix while eating a tub of ice cream doesn’t mean you are sharing in the sufferings of Christ.
Secrets to Finding a Mentor
Most people wrestle between two urges - the urge to be a mature, strong-minded individuals and the urge to be connected, protected and invested in.
Maybe we can be both.
Maybe we can grow to be individualized, yet still connected, like the cells in your body. True to self, yet committed to and reliant on others.
What To Do When You Feel Lonely
In fear, we set up a construct around ourselves - attempting to form a bullet-proof shield. It turns out to be air-tight. Oxygen is running out. Our chests tighten, our vision blurs and we lose our bearings.
Four Things You Need To Be Before You Get Married
It is not about achieving perfection, but about direction.
It is about building a reputation and reputations are built through repetitions…
Two Truths and a Lie: The Way Shame Speaks
There is a game called, “Two Truths and a Lie”; it consists of a person telling two truths and one lie about themselves…
Not a Dirty Word
Sex is not the problem. Unrestrained sex is the issue.
I have great concern that we have begun to accept a tainted version of sexuality - one riddled with shame, embarrassment, performance and fear.