Best thoughts about living
Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant. Original date: October 30, 2016
Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Original date: October 23, 2016
Prayer connects us to God’s power and plans. Original date: October 16, 2016
We are half-hearted creatures, far too easily pleased. Original date: October 9, 2016
Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Original date: October 2, 2016
What happens to faith and faithfulness when the fun ends? Original date: December 27, 2015
Light shining through darkness is the most powerful truth of Christmas. Original date: December 25, 2016
Christmas shows us that divine power can be hidden in the ordinary. Original date: December 24, 2016
There’s the way of power and then there’s the way of Christmas. Original date: December 18, 2016
Christmas has tried to become many things. Let’s talk about some of the things it is not. Original date: December 4, 2016
How can we be anything other than selfish if we don’t occasionally work on gratitude? (Original date: November 19, 2017)
Don’t wait for the heroic moment to live well. Do it now, in the small things. (Original date: November 12, 2017)
Repentance changes how we treat people, how we make decisions, how we live. (Original date: November 5, 2017)
Faithfulness is to keep doing the right things even after the mood has passed. (Original date: October 29, 2017)
A healthy suspicion of our own motives and actions is the beginning of healthy humility. (Original date: October 22, 2017)
Temperance is about the right thing in the right amount at the right time. (Original date: October 15, 2017 )
At our best, we don’t want only to be admired. We want to be admirable. (Original date: October 8, 2017)
Sin is one thing we all have in common. So understanding it can unite us. (Original date: October 1, 2017)
Gratitude is almost always in season. And I have a lot to say ‘thank you’ for. (Original date: May 20, 2018)
We tend to make life better when we realize that it is temporary, and the end could get here sooner than we think. (Original date: May 13, 2018)
Original date: May 6, 2018 We have an unprecedented ability to pay attention to things that are far outside our control. This is the source of much unhappiness.
Original date: April 29, 2018 Unhealthy organizations and people confuse talk for action. Don’t. “Talk depletes us. Talking and doing fight for the same resources”. Ryan Holiday in Ego is the Enemy
Original date: April 22, 2018 Without an accurate accounting of our own abilities compared to others, what we have is not confidence but delusion. Ryan Holiday in Ego is the Enemy
Original date: April 15, 2018 To forgive someone is to set yourself free. Who wouldn’t want that?
Original date: April 8, 2018 The solution to many problems begins when someone takes responsibility. It might not be your fault. You might not be the cause of it. But you can take responsibility for what happens next.