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 […]
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Stop Asking Others What They Do for a Living
“Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be the greatest.” –Luke 22:24 Two months after I got married, I lost my job. For an achiever like myself, this was one of the worst things that could happen. I dived into the unemployment season unaware of what it would […]
5 Ways to Serve Well in a Job You Hate
Gratitude is a discipline associated with living like Jesus. It involves making the most of what you have so you can make the most impact. Unfortunately, it becomes increasingly difficult to remain thankful in a situation where you are continually tested and tried, bruised and battered, hopeless and discouraged. I’m not talking about persecution; I’m […]
Your Calling Isn’t Something You Should Want
If you shut your eyes tight and imagine what you want in life, the image that’ll possibly pop up is you lying on a beach with not a care in the world. Who wouldn’t want a life like this? Unfortunately, this isn’t our calling. This isn’t even remotely close to what our calling is. I’m […]