On today's episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, I'll answer a listener's question about what to do when your spouse is unfaithful. We'll talk about it from both a practical standpoint and also a spiritual standpoint: what to do with all of those ... [ Read More ]
3 Most Common Truth Journaling Mistakes
One of the comments I hear most often is, "I'd like to truth journal, but I can't figure out how to do it." This isn't surprising. Truth journaling is incredibly rewarding, but it takes a bit of practice to feel comfortable with it. Today we'll ... [ Read More ]
Christian Weight Loss Videos and Webinar
I guess this is my year to try new media! I'll be starting a podcast at some point this summer, but before then, I want to start doing some videos. ... [ Read More ]
Help for Your To-Do List: Truth Journaling Examples
Do you ever feel overwhelmed with life? Do you ever feel like a failure when the day is through and you haven't accomplished everything you set out to do? Are you ever tempted to become a workaholic so you can finish all those things? I often feel ... [ Read More ]
How to Truth Journal
Often people advocate the use of journaling as a way to clear the air. To get all those bad thoughts out of our system so they don’t poison us. Truth journaling is different. You’re still spilling your thoughts out, but for the purpose of examining ... [ Read More ]
Journal Entry: The Embarrassment of Blogging
Blogging has been one of my renewing of the mind projects for almost a year now. I'm still not finished with the project (unfortunately!) but thought it might be helpful to post some of my entries here. My first blogging problem was just ... [ 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 ]
Guest Truth Journal
Note: This is a guest post by a young friend of mine who has been truth journaling for several years. Be sure to read all of her thoughts down the left side of her truth journal chart. I wrote this in the cafeteria my freshman year in college – on ... [ Read More ]