How Our Media Diet May Be Feeding Our Anxiety
It is difficult these days to find a media source that produces plain, untarnished facts. Opinion has become the hook, the very thing that gives headlines their gripping, urgent edge and pulls us into an article even though it often contains very few verifiable facts. It’s mostly commentary designed to provoke us and keep us […]
Each Morning is a Blank Page: What Story Will You Write Today?
“His compassions fail not. They are new every morning. Great is Your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22-23) There’s a moment in almost every case I’ve worked where the facts look predictable, and then something happens that no one expected. It’s much like life. God is teaching me to stop assuming I know how the story ends when […]
Finding God’s Perspective In a World of Fear and Chaos
“In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, And His children will have a place of refuge. The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death.” (Proverbs 14:26-27) Are you afraid? I often fall into fear when I turn on the news and […]
Don’t Let What You Possess Hold You For Ransom
There’s a phrase I hear repeatedly in my law practice: “I just want what’s mine.” I’ve watched adults spend tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees fighting over 10 feet of property line or over an inheritance that’s eaten alive by the cost of fighting for it. Solomon wrote three thousand years ago: There […]
Who Really Owns You? Learning to Break Free.
“Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.” (Psalm 51:5) David, inspired by the Holy Spirit, wrote about the tragic human condition of the slavery to sin. None of us chose our first owner. Sin claimed every one of us from birth before we ever had a say in […]
What a College Heartbreak Taught Me About God’s Relentless Love
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) Have you ever poured yourself into a relationship where you felt used, unappreciated, and invisible? I certainly have. But that painful experience taught me one of the most important lessons of my life about […]
Don’t Miss the Greatest Intimacy
I take a lot of things for granted. If I’m honest, there are days when I’m moving so fast through life that God’s presence barely registers. Like a child who never stops to thank their parents for the roof overhead or the food on the table, I still slip into living within God’s gracious care […]
Be Someone Worthy of Following
“Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.” 1 Corinthians 11:1 In a heartwarming story titled “Layton High School distance runner breaks 40-year-old record, set by assistant coach,” it was reported that sophomore Parker Harris unwittingly broke a 40-year-old record at the Davis School District track meet—coming in with a blazing time of 9:24.8 in […]
When God Seems Silent
Saul—the first king of Israel, chosen and anointed by God Himself—had drifted so far from obedience that when war threatened and fear gripped his heart, he cried out to God and tragically, all was silent. “When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly. And when Saul inquired […]
Yesterday’s Failure Does Not Have to Write Tomorrow’s Story
There is a lie that follows our failure around like a dark shadow. It whispers that what you did has already written the verdict on your life. It is a lie. The Bible dismantles it from beginning to end. Consider Peter. The man who walked on water, but, under extreme pressure, cursed and swore he […]