Growing Stronger

Strength is a good thing. Defined as, “able to withstand great force or pressure,” it can apply to many aspects of our lives. We can be strong physically, mentally, spiritually or even in our character. Let’s take a few minutes to talk about strength and what it really takes to get stronger.

The development of strength is an interesting process. The easiest aspect to look at is physical strength because it is the only one that we can literally see.

My Top Ten Pet Peeves

What makes you angry? If I was to ask you to list your top ten pet peeves, how easy would that be for you to write? Would the hardest thing be limiting it to only ten items?

Here’s the list of my top 10 pet peeves (in no particular order):

1. Grocery story cashiers who move in slow motion – I literally have to put my hand over my mouth sometimes to keep from asking if I can just scan the items myself.

What To Do When You Are Lost

Have you ever been lost? Although those with a Y chromosome shudder at the thought of admitting such a situation, all of us have been lost at some time or another. Today’s technology makes it quite simple to find your way again, all we have to do is ask Siri where we are and she will (usually) give us an easy route back to where we want to go. We are not only grateful for those services,

When You Don’t Know What to Pray

Have you ever felt like you should pray, but you don’t even know what to say? Have you ever felt so empty and numb that words don’t even form?

In times like those, I have chosen to pray the scriptures. There are some powerful prayers in the Bible that have become valuable tools for me. The following is one of David’s prayers, recorded in Psalm 3. I have printed it here in case you need some prayer help today.

The Lies Around Us

We are bombarded with information constantly. Americans are spending almost 10 hours each day looking at a screen – smartphone, computer, television, tablet. During that time, we are bombarded with news articles and advertisements. Studies show that the average one hour television show includes 15 minutes of commercials, and the average American sees 11,150 advertisements on the internet each month. With all this filling our brains, how do we know what to believe? Sadly, most people believe everything they read and don’t take the time to figure out if it is actually true or not.