A Secret to Happiness

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I happened upon this video this morning while scrolling through social media. How wonderful! Most people probably think that working on the ground crew for an airline company would be mind-numbing, repetitive and irritating. And that doesn’t even take into account having to work with customers who are quite often tired, late, annoyed or all three in one. Most airline employees, although polite,

When God is Silent

Have you ever felt like your prayers are hitting the ceiling and bouncing right back down again? I know that it is difficult when we receive a “no” answer from God, but honestly I think it is harder when we just hear nothing at all. Silence … crickets … waiting and waiting and waiting. What should we do when God is silent?

I remember when I was a teenager, wishing that I would receive a postcard from God telling me what to do with my future.

Choose Spring

Do you remember the opening scene in the movie, Bambi? Birds are happily singing, flowers are blooming and the sun is shining brightly as the long winter is finally over. Spring has officially and suddenly arrived in the great forest.

I wish Indiana was like that – go to bed in the winter and wake up to glorious spring. Unfortunately, the coming of spring is more like a game of hokey pokey. One day warm and the next freezing cold.

Strength to Try Again

I work with people every day who are tired … just plain tired. They have tried and tried and tried without seeing the success they so desperately want need. Their hearts have been broken so many times that they feel like there is just superglue holding it together. Is it worth trying again, hoping again and risking pain again?

Recently I heard about some researchers who caught a northern pike. In case you don’t know,

Doubt in the Drought

When life is going well, it is so easy to stay motivated. Really, there is little risk. If your hopes and dreams don’t come true, no big deal. Life is good anyway, right? But those times when life isn’t going great are a different story. Those are the times when we are pinning everything we have the strength to muster on our hopes and dreams … and if they fail then we feel like we have nothing.