Is Anger Your “Go-To” Emotion?

Ever get angry? I know I sure do. If there is one emotion I’m personally acquainted with—it’s getting hacked off.

Anger can be a legitimate and healthy emotion. The apostle Paul speaks of a righteous anger: “Be angry, and yet do not sin” (Ephesians 4:26 NASB).Read More

Never cheat

When did we shift from the idea in our society that cheating is wrong to cheating is okay? People often think nothing of cheating on their taxes.  Cheating on the job has become common place and costs employer’s billions each year. And cheating in professional sports or in politics? Lying... Read More

When doing good feels bad

Have you ever done the right thing and yet you feel bad? Don’t you expect to feel good for doing what’s good? I know I do. Whether I’m aware of it in the moment or not, I discover that I have this unwritten and unspoken assumption that if I’m doing good, I’ll feel... Read More

When war comes home

I’ve just spent the last several days with the HelpForMyLife editing team working through the videos we shot two weeks ago dealing with the issue of PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Wow! Talk about an intense topic.

This production has been especially tough, and yet so good.... Read More

Power vs. Happiness

I don’t rent many movies these days, but last week our local movie rental store gave me a free rental. My vote was for the film about the true story of the blind man who climbed to the Summit of Mt. Everest. But since the last movie I picked out was about football, it was only fair that we went... Read More

Look under the hood

Some of my most profound insights have come while driving a car. Of course, I stay alert to what is going on around me, but I’ve noticed how God has this pattern of using certain incidents on the road to draw my attention to things that need to be addressed in me.

For instance,... Read More