Practical Lessons for Intentionally Living Like Jesus
This is a guest post by John Weirick. Is Jesus just a story? If we’re honest, some of us live like that’s true. We grew up hearing the old, familiar stories of Adam and Eve, Jonah and the big fish, David and Goliath, and Jesus and the disciples. Aged leather Bibles sit on our bookshelves, […]
“Character is long-standing habit.” –Plutarch In my search for the life of Christ-like character, I’ve come across one incredible finding: avoiding habits of character actually waste our time. Let me give you an example. I spend a lot of time on my phone—checking emails, responding to texts, scrolling through Facebook, etc. I sometimes do this […]
Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.” –Thessalonians 4:11 (NLT) The more I investigate Jesus and what the life of character truly looks like, the more I’m drawn to the idea of quiet living. Several years ago, I […]
Story Polly Wright was just a college student when she became a stripper. It wasn’t the life she planned, but after a lifetime of abuse and brokenness, she felt she had no other choice. That is, until she reached her breaking point and her life turned upside-down. What follows is a story of healing and […]
Story In an age of terrorists spreading violence around the world, how should we, as Christians, respond? It’s easy to say we must “bring justice” to our enemies, but how would Christ really act in the face of violence? In this minisode, Neal sits down with known pacifist, Bryn Clark, to talk about pacifism for […]
Goals are highly overrated. In today’s culture, we love them. With each New Year, we set endless goals for ourselves because we love stories of people who set goals, overcome odds, and reach them. These stories inspire us to change our lives as well. But much of the reason we love goals is because our […]
Lately, I’ve been feeling a strange tension in my life. I wonder if you feel it too. It’s the tension between my career/external life and my character/internal life. On the outside, my career is flourishing. I’m getting new business, receiving new opportunities, and growing at an incredibly fast rate. On the other side is my […]