What is the smart thing to do?

What is the smart thing to do?

3 Questions #2 Rather than think of ALL of the things to do, or all of the wrong things to do, ask this question. What is the smart thing to do? You may be surprised with clarity. It seems like such an obvious consideration that you may rarely articulate it in your...
What do you want?

What do you want?

3 Questions #1 Sometimes this is the most difficult question to answer: What do you want? As you sift through challenges great and small, you attempt to organize the factors involved and the ramifications of making different choices. You consider other people and how...
A Better Way: Grace

A Better Way: Grace

A Better Way #4 Have you ever found it difficult to extend grace? To receive it? Can you recall a time that you were given unexpected grace and the experience was overwhelming? Perhaps you were the giver and the recipient was overcome with gratitude. Most likely, you...
A Better Way: Growth

A Better Way: Growth

A Better Way #3 Have you ever considered the growth rings of the cross section of a tree? There, you will find seasons of significant growth and those of very little growth. Typically, the larger rings indicate rainier seasons and the narrow rings indicate dry...
A Better Way: Love

A Better Way: Love

A Better Way #2 “Love is the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth… Love is as love does. Love is an act of will — namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice....