One week ago, I was sitting in a church in Huntsville, Alabama, at a women’s conference when the speaker asked the audience if we’d ever heard of the Hebrides Revival [ˈhebrədēz]. Today, sitting in chapel, when the pastor mentioned the Hebrides, I thought I knew the story he was about to share with us, yet …
Category: Spiritual Life
Follow Me
When was the last time you were invited into an adventure? Within limits, I consider myself a fairly adventurous person and my version of a go bag is stocked and ready. Not so much as “an emergency preparedness bag designed to provide survival essentials for short-term disasters," but as an I’m up for a road …
Whiny Disposition
Conducting a quick search through both previous posts and as-yet-unpublished posts, I can confidently share that I am a consistent human being. If I share an annoyance or a struggle, it typically appears repeatedly in various iterations, so perhaps the post Whine or Worship sufficiently covered this topic; however, a recent reading, combined with an …
Grateful Disposition
During a casual conversation (or therapy session) while walking with a friend, I posed the question, “What comes to mind when I mention the word disposition?” Not wanting to influence her answer, I was reluctant to explain further the reason for this odd inquiry, but she’s accustomed to my random curiosities, so she humored me. …
Don’t Think
“Maybe for once in your life, Don’t Think.” This quote appears in the closing scene of episode five of the first season of The Chosen, “a multi-season ‘binge-able’ TV series based on the life of Christ and his disciples. It’s the biggest crowdfunded project in the history of TV crowdfunding, not just for faith-based projects, …
Vanishing Virtues
Since beginning this research into what it means to Flourish at Life, I admit to being rather hesitant in any of my writings to use the word virtue. In today’s culture, you don’t hear the word spoken much. In fact, outside of a discussion related to a passage from Proverbs 31 in faith circles, it’s …
Out of Order
Standing in the kitchen of my home with Johna Bryant one summer day several years ago, an interesting conversation arose as we discussed how our personalities determine how we approach things. We laughed about how ingrained it is for me to take a linear, step-by-step tactic to life while Johna leans towards a non-linear method, …
Buried or Planted?
Over the last few years, it has been my experience that I should pay careful consideration when a word or phrase grabs my attention. I’ll jot a note of this phrase, sometimes in my phone or journal, other times in the margins of book notes or journals, but it is important to cultivate the Habit …
Red Door
While driving from Cochrane to Chestermere with members of the 2023 West Jackson Calgary team, the group was discussing what it looks like to prayer walk in a neighborhood where considerations are being made for a possible church plant. Kelly, the pastor of Tapestry Church, had provided guidance on specific observations to make as we …
Be Happy
In the late 1980s, many of us, who were alive so long ago, were singing the lyrics of a Grammy-award winning song entitled Don’t Worry Be Happy. Throughout the tune, Bobby McFerrin repeats the phrase “In every life we have some Trouble, but when you worry you make it double/Don’t worry Be Happy.” And In …
Flourishing @ Life 