I don’t know about you, but I really love the holidays. I love time off of work to focus on relaxing and spending time with family and friends. I love Christmas music and movies, and I love to see my kids get stoked about the lights, just to name a few. Most importantly […]
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7 Reasons Why Millennials Should be Crazy About the Church
Are you wondering if you’re a millennial? If you were born between 1980-2000 then yes, you are indeed a millennial. Did you know that over 50% of our generation, the millennial generation, who grew up churched have dropped out at some point? According to this Barna study, millennials view the church as irrelevant and […]
Memento Mori ~ The Spiritual Benefits of Visiting Graveyards
When my friend told me he visited graveyards to help him realize the shortness of life I must admit I thought he was a wee bit wacko. But as time has gone on, I’ve come to realize the benefit of his perspective. Death Are you afraid of death? If you are, I don’t blame you. […]
The 8 Habits of People Who Live Out Their Faith Every Day
As our society grows more and more complex, our ability to juggle it all deteriorates. We make choices as to which activity, passion, or pursuit we’ll entertain with our attention. And in the midst of this, we often push our faith to the margins of our life—to become something we do on the side, when […]
The Need for Space in Your Life (and How to Achieve It)
“Spaciousness is always a beginning, a possibility, a potential, a capacity for birth.” –Gerald May Our spirituality is tragically suffering from a prevalent epidemic in our fast-paced culture: busyness. We are constantly telling others we are too busy. We are unnecessarily filling our schedules with actions we could cut back on. We say yes to […]
5 Reasons Why I Got Engaged Before 23
I got engaged at an early age, and though others may scoff at that, I don’t regret it for one minute. Sometimes, people treat me as if I’m insane for getting engaged at a young age. They always fool me into thinking that life is a set of calculations I have to solve before even […]