“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matt. 5:16 NIV) What on earth are we here for? It’s an age-old question, a popular cliché. Likely, we all ask ourselves this question at one point or another. I personally still…
The Peter Principle is a concept which asserts that people will rise to their greatest level of incompetence. My husband, who was in the military for seven years, has seen this demonstrated often. It is a common occurrence within hierarchical organizations. An employee continues to be promoted because of their success at past jobs. Promotion…
Two months ago, I made a promise to myself: this year, I will not fall to pieces and get resentful and weird when the next predictably busy season hits. I will not accuse my basketball-coach husband of loving the sport more than me. I will be patient and supportive, knowing that the season will soon…
Have you ever been to a foreign country and were truly unable to communicate? I remember trying to figure out the Paris Metro when I was there for a brief visit during college. While many people in Paris speak English, I couldn’t find an English speaker at the stop where I was. I was feeling…
Lighten up. Enjoy every moment. Don’t be so serious. None of this is as easy as it sounds. At a recent social gathering, I found myself barely tuning in—not wholly engaging. Instead, I was going over my mental checklist of my next set of responsibilities. I had been doing that a lot—barely engaging in real…
“There are two ways of getting home; and one of them is to stay there. The other is to walk round the whole world till we come back to the same place,” ~G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy Many people spend some portion of their adult lives trying to get back home spiritually. We sense we’ve lost our…