Last year I was teaching a Bible study on habits and emotions to a group of teenagers when one of the boys in the class said, "Hey, you should put these questions on an iPhone app - call it iBarb!" I laughed. iBarb. That would be fun - but of ... [ Read More ]
Breaking a Habit: Tips for Success
This week I felt like a total failure. I’d had several days in a row of wasting time on the internet, not getting a lot accomplished, and just being a general slug. I spent some time with God renewing my mind, but it didn’t seem to be helping. Why ... [ Read More ]
Accepting the Unacceptable
In a world of I-can-do-anything-if-I-set-my-mind-to-it, accepting the unacceptable seems wrong, somehow. It's like giving up. And we're not supposed to give up. We're supposed to fight for what we want. Be tenacious. Never give up. ... [ Read More ]
I Know I’m not Supposed to Do This, But . . .
Do you ever get the urge to break your boundaries - but feel too guilty to come right out and do it? What we usually do in that situation, is try to find some way to justify our actions. Something to make us feel less guilty about giving in. See ... [ Read More ]
How to Be Happy When Others Aren’t Cooperating
Have you ever thought, if only he or she would change, then I'd be happy? The he in question might be a spouse who is criticizing you, a child who is arguing with you, or a friend who is bailing on you. Whoever it is, the complaint is always ... [ Read More ]
Christian Couch Potatoes
Picture this. You're sitting on the couch, looking at your flabby body, when you think, I know, I'll run a marathon. That will shape me up! So you get online, find a marathon, and register. Three months later you head out the door, tennis shoes in ... [ Read More ]
Living with an Unpleasant Truth: A Reader’s Story
Today I want to share the story of a woman who lived with an unpleasant truth. I met this woman when she commented on my other blog a few years ago, and we developed a friendship. Here's a portion of her first comment on the blog: I should be ... [ Read More ]
Truth Journaling: If He Loved Me, He Wouldn’t Say Those Things
Today I want to use the phone conversation in my post earlier this week to highlight the difference between regular truth journaling and list truth journaling. If you're new to truth journaling, click here for a post on list truth journaling and ... [ Read More ]
What If You Can’t “Just Get Over It”?
In my last post I mentioned 15 words that would change your relationships. But what if you say those words and you can’t “just get over it”? That’s when you need to pull out some heavier-duty artillery. In this post I want to take those thoughts ... [ Read More ]
15 Words That Will Change Your Relationships
What if I told you you could get rid of 90% of your anger if you just added 15 words to your vocabulary? Would you be all excited, madly scanning the rest of the blog to find those 15 words? Or would you be skeptical? If we were honest, most ... [ Read More ]
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