Can I believe that the future will be even greater than the past? Can I believe that I haven't yet experienced all there is?
Fear of Change, Moving, and Being Rooted
Practicing What I Believe #6: Embracing Hypocrisy
One day we'll be able to perform perfectly, but for now we're still in rehearsal.
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Fear and Faith Can Coexist
Sometimes I feel guilty about my fear. As a Christian, I have heard the declarations over fear and the claims that it is a sin. I've read all of the verses in scripture that say, "Do not fear." I know that fear, like laziness or greed, is a vice. But is it opposed to faith?
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Where is your faith?
Today I want to share a podcast interview that has been one of the best messages on fear I have ever heard. I hope it inspires you as much as it inspires me!
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You Can Do Anything for an Hour: Teaching with Anxiety
Doing hard things makes us stronger. The more I have been stretched, the bigger I can dream. I used to confine my dreams to my backyard, but now there is possibility. Because I know I can do anything for an hour.
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Not all tears are evil: Learning to cry again
When I'm done crying, I blink out the tears, wipe my eyes, and move on feeling stronger instead of weaker.
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Do You Want to Be Healed?
I believe the danger in identifying with a mental disorder is that we can begin to embrace our thoughts as though they were not disordered--as thought they were a healthy, normal part of us that don't need to be challenged.
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Practicing What I Believe 5: Religion
In James, the "religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world" (1:27).
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When Fear is Love
What if being safe and listening the CDC guidelines is not an act of fear at all but an act of love?
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Practicing What I Believe 4: Morning Prayers
Sometimes we feel like the world is falling apart. Like the disciples panicking in the storm, we look at the waves and wind and wonder when the boat will sink.
