Spiritual Growth

I spent nearly a quarter century living with constant angst over trying to arrive at some point in the future and not ever thinking about the journey along the way. It was always about the destination. Always about the goal. Always about the future. (Of course the mortgage metaphor is just to make the point. […]

I have no time!    Sound familiar? It should because all of us have our time hijacked. It’s a “Time Trap” that rises each day with the sun.  It’s a given. And it’s dangerous when you consider that it may determine whether or not we spend time with God each day.    This is not

It’s true. And it was scary.    It happened during my run as a Corporate CEO in the marketplace when I was swept away by hopelessness. I had achieved and acquired “everything,” but was spiritually bankrupt. Even though I had been a Christian for over 20 years, I had not fully committed to God in

I have often wondered what it would be like to live at the equator. Not the earth’s equator which divides the planet into the northern and southern hemispheres–“God’s Equator.”    This interest in the equator spilled into my quiet time early each morning as a new day dawned on a mission trip to Brazil working

It’s a question for the ages, right? But for Christ followers, it is much more than an existential exploration. It is the heart and soul of our walk. It’s our foundation. And it’s our North Star.    We know our identity is in Christ, but the question is the depth of that belief and how

Much of our doubt and worry in life comes from fearing the unknown and no one cares much for that kind of uncertainty. So it makes sense that we would want to have everything known in advance.    We hate not knowing! The goal of having everything figured out is cemented into our psyche and

Earlier in my walk with God I lacked spiritual muscles and discipline. And I lacked wisdom. I lacked understanding. To fill the void of truth, my only default was to play the Be Nice Game. Let me explain…    Playing the Be Nice Game was a trap for me who wanted to do the right

Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes on the planet. Every day, thousands of people become members of this dubious fraternity.    That’s an alarming trend, of course. But there’s another form of identity theft that is also exploding in our midst. A form with far more ominous and destructive consequences. A form

No matter how much pain you are in right now, God is with you and wants to transform your life. How do I know that? From first-hand experience coming out of my own walk with Christ.    This story is just one example from earlier in my life when I was a Corporate CEO. I