Nothing Fails Like Success
One of the challenging insights around life that sometimes sneaks up on us quietly is that “Nothing fails like success.” I watch how good habits...
A Five Star Life
I find myself wondering what really makes something five star. A restaurant. A hotel. Even a moment between people. It keeps coming back to goodwill,...
Injecting Goodwill into Everyday Life
I invite you into a simple exercise today, simple and hard at the same time, because spiritual life is rarely just theology in the abstract....
Choosing Focus in a Distracted Year
We are called to widen our vision and sharpen our focus — to join the journey of seeing what God invites us to see with...
No Re-Takes but Endless New Starts
God does not hand us reruns. Instead, He offers new beginnings. When mistakes linger and the mind drifts into coulda, woulda, shoulda, we feel the...
What is Our Obligation to God?
I’m reflecting today on a simple, searching question. What is our obligation to God? Standing in the midst of ordinary life, even on a quick...
What Does Gods Mercy Look Like?
This morning I keep returning to the Parable of the Good Samaritan, because it refuses to leave us comfortable. Someone asks Jesus, “What do I...
Breaking the Routine
We can all get caught in ruts, stuck in set ways of seeing the world. As the year starts, what a great time to think...
A New Kind of New Year’s Resolution
As we stand at the edge of a new year, I invite you into a gentler kind of resolution. One rooted in New Church theology...
