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We love to blame others. It is a favorite pastime, as much a part of...

We live in New York and walk by thousands of people every day. A group...

The Book of James talks about a man looking at his face in the mirror...

We have become experts at avoidance. Our ability to avoid is so thorough and so...

We recently went to the doctor for a yearly check up and found out my...

We often talk about how much we want to belong. There is a clear desire...

A couple days ago, we started a puzzle on the kitchen table. We’ve written before...

The myth of control is perhaps the most common idol. It is everywhere. We try...

Malaise is a common occurrence in the life of every human. That feeling of being...

I used to think every decision was binary. A right one and a wrong one....

For most of my life, I have been chasing a finish line. One of the...

We love competition. There is something so human about measuring a win. Life, we perceive,...

Any church kid can tell you the definition of repentance. It is about turning around....

It may sound a little weird, but one of the greatest struggles about being human is living...

Have you ever been standing next to a friend and someone comes up to them...

By definition, an idol is something that is not true. Something to which we allow...

Relationships are hard. We try all sorts of different things to make them better. Even...

A few days ago, my wife and I decided to take a walk across the...

We often think that wielding power and leading are synonymous. It might be most proper...

It is an image familiar to all of us. The wayward traveler, slowly lumbering down...

There are a lot of things that threaten a relationship. Challenging circumstances. Outside temptations. But...

Reality can be a cold hard truth. Whether we realize it or not, we are...

Humans live in a constant state of fear. We are worried. Stressed. Scared. We have...

It is difficult to communicate. There are all sorts of barriers to sharing ideas with...

It has been rainy lately here in New York and it reminds me of the...

We treat our emotions like they are everything there is, the end. We want to...

We all want control. The reason we are frustrated, the reason we make mistakes, and...

Why do we want what we already have? I was on the subway the other...

It is relatively easy to be attracted to someone. It is something else to love them. There...

We work with college students and I was in youth ministry for ten years before...