Is Pursuing Happiness Keeping You from Being Happy? A Christian Parable about Recognizing Love Is the very thing you want keeping you from what you want? You may have heard this story before—the riverbanks of a town are beginning to overflow and everyone is ordered to evacuate. A faithful man prays to God to help […]
Help! I Want To Stand Up For Myself But I’m Afraid Of Causing Pain Dear Jordan, How can setting and having boundaries be loving? I know you have said I can just say no but when I try to do what I know is best for me, my friend seems to be really hurt and […]
Are You Missing A Potential For More Love? Understanding The Three Faces of God Today let us talk about God. And perspectives. God is a way to refer to that which is of ultimate concern. That which is absolutely the most important thing in existence. There are three common categories of understanding God and corresponding […]
God Can Help, Even if You’re An Atheist Tapping into the Power of Perfect Love “When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it […]
A Timeless, Effortless, and Little-Practiced Secret to Starting and Maintaining Quality Relationships. The secret is actually so simple that I am pretty sure it will disappoint you. But that does not keep it from being true. Like most perennial wisdom, the secret to picking up the perfect girl is deceptively simple, and yet often difficult […]
Whatever You Do, Do it With Love “I’ve often said you could give a wonderful workshop just reading the phone book and if you read it with love and that love infuses every name you read; then you teach it.” – Ken Wapnick The secret to succeeding at anything is to do it with love. […]
A Painful Equation: Awareness is Love A discussion of awareness, reality, and love “Awareness is love.” Someone said this to me the other day and it struck me on a guttural level. I am sure I had heard it before, but that day it really stuck with me. Awareness is love. I cannot really explain […]
If You’re Not Doing This, You’re Forgiving Wrong True Forgiveness: Correcting Misapplications of Forgiveness I find that forgiveness is often misunderstood. I often misapply it (but I’m forgiving myself for it). The First Mistake: Forgiveness Means Someone Else Screwed Up First, there is the common notion that forgiveness means pardoning someone for the wrong they […]