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Not Disqualified but Called

In: Building Hope, Mental Health on: August 3, 2022

Elijah seemed to battle symptoms of bipolar disorder. King Saul was apparently struggling with major depressive disorder. Nebuchadnezzar glorified God as the giver of all good things after what looked like a seven-year bout with schizophrenia. Paul wavered somewhere between suicidality and …

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Category: Building Hope, Mental HealthTag: called, destiny, ephesians, Ephesians 2, qualified

Hope Never Comes From a Leprechaun

In: Building Hope on: May 15, 2016

Hope is not something we naturally think about building. We can find or lose hope. Hope can be destroyed or recovered. But hope is usually built. And that is precisely the problem. We believe hope is akin to treasure at the end of a rainbow, as if some mythical munchkin will say, “Fresh out of …

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Category: Building HopeTag: Bible, leprechaun, lucky charms, magically delicious, Romans, romans 5, romans 5:5

We Did More Than Survive

In: Building Hope, Family on: January 10, 2015

Seventeen years. Seventeen. Years. I repeated the words slowly to myself today in Starbucks as I considered our anniversary (insert pithy comment about a typical male not being home on his anniversary here). Three thoughts come to mind when I ponder the last seventeen years with my wife: Boy have we …

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Category: Building Hope, FamilyTag: Christ, Communication, CPA, Epistle to the Ephesians, eventful, God, growth, Jesus, Marie Callender, Marriage, Relationships

Brittany Maynard Isn’t Brave, But These People Are

In: Building Hope, Fear on: November 3, 2014

She is being heralded as brave for making this choice, and for publicizing it weeks in advance. But she isn’t brave. Don’t misunderstand me. I am not jumping into the fray with my opinion on whether physician-assisted suicide for terminal cases should be legal, or whether it’s ethical, or even if …

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Category: Building Hope, FearTag: bravery, britney maynard, brittany maynard, cancer, Epilepsy, fibromyalgia, kindergarten, ME, pediatrics, rett, rett syndrome, rettland, rettland foundation, teenagers, teens

Porn: Something Christians Don’t Do

In: Building Hope on: June 26, 2014

This post is something a bit different than what you would normally see on my site. It is a guest post on a vital topic, but this guest post is by an anonymous Christian. They have chosen to share a bit of their story in a very transparent way, with the hope of encouraging or challenging each of …

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Category: Building Hope

The Afters, Broken Hallelujah, Hallelujahs, Broken

Broken Hallelujahs

In: Building Hope, Faith on: March 20, 2014

Confession time: I don’t like most Christian music. I find it trite and disconnected from the challenges of daily life, as if we are not allowed to acknowledge struggles in our songs. I believe it is a symptom of the biggest lie we tell as Christians –we are all okay, all the time. Every once in …

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Category: Building Hope, FaithTag: broken faith, broken praise, busted world, Edmund Burke, God, Jesus, omnipotence, saltillo, saltillo tile, The Afters, unshakeable, words of life

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Depression and Heavy Water Create a Warrior

In: Building Hope, Faith, Fear on: March 5, 2014

The cursor won’t stop blinking. Even when I don’t look at it, I know it’s there. Mocking me for the empty page in front of me. I know every page starts empty, but I feel the mockery nonetheless. The lack of words proves the whispers in my ear – You have NOTHING to offer. This is what it feels …

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Category: Building Hope, Faith, FearTag: depression, heavy water, just, just prayer, lame prayer, no condemnation, pain, prayer, romans 8, romans 8:1, samurai, struggle, the last samurai, tom cruise, water, writers block

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When #WINNING is not winning

In: Building Hope, Community, Family on: February 13, 2014

Ever have one of those moments where you realize you are not quite as awesome a parent as you imagined? I had one of those moments two nights ago. My daughter Cynthia was out of pajama tops, so she asked to wear one of my t-shirts. I said yes, and she grabbed a shirt with the above image on …

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Category: Building Hope, Community, FamilyTag: everything, kindness, memes, mockumentaries, slow to speak, winning, words

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When Life is the Roadrunner and You are Wile E. Coyote

In: Building Hope, Faith, What's Normal? on: January 27, 2014

Some days, life feels like the Roadrunner, smarter and faster than us. Quietly mocking our inability to catch up to it and feast upon it, no matter how many Acme products we use. It feels like we are hanging over the edge of a cliff, tenuously clinging to the branch of a tree that is slipping …

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Category: Building Hope, Faith, What's Normal?Tag: bugs bunny, duck season, thrive, wabbit season, warner brothers, wile e coyote

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Jeremiah, Droughts, Heat Waves and Thriving

In: Building Hope, Faith on: January 13, 2014

Together we have looked at many people’s initial responses to the word THRIVE. I have shared why I am tired of overcoming. I even broke one of the cardinal rules of blogging. Before we go any further, let’s pull back for a different perspective. Truth is, only one Person knows what it really means …

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Category: Building Hope, FaithTag: close, drought, hot, jeremiah, planted, summer, thrive, tree

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Why Encouragement is The Secret to Discovering Your Identity

In: Building Hope on: January 8, 2014

I am very excited to be lending my stage to James Prescott today. He is one of my close friends, a strong encouragement to me, and a gifted communicator. He is giving away a revised copy of his book 5 Steps to Encouragement, along with a companion devotional. Today, he talks about how encouragement …

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Category: Building HopeTag: books, encouragement, free, free books, james prescott

Thirty Thoughts on Thriving

In: Building Hope, Writing on: January 6, 2014

Let’s continue the series on THRIVE. I mentioned earlier that 2014 is going to be the year to thrive. I also suggested that I am not an expert on thriving. I soon realized that nobody really is an expert, so I gathered thoughts from several dozen of my friends. I hope one of these captures your …

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Category: Building Hope, WritingTag: define, definitions, dictionary, thrive, write, writing

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