If you are facing multiple concurrent crises, you are naturally weary. Your thought life will be tempted to wallow in the truth; life is hard. Hard doesn’t seem to equate with good. It feels exhausting or depressing. Experiencing hard can give us a sense of being powerless or a victim or a failure. Worst of all,…
Have you heard the current expression “You Do You!”? It can be a rather affirming remark. “Go ahead, be yourself, don’t worry about comparison or judgement or trying to pose as anyone other than your true self!” It can be rather comical and revealing though when circumstances prevent you from “You Doing You” your way. …
“It’s one thing to search out the beauty in the world, it’s a far more important thing to create the beauty that surrounds you.” Wyatt Oroke, 2018 graduation keynote speaker to Cal Poly College of Liberal Arts. Looking for and finding beauty reminds us of God’s goodness and the goodness of life. It fills our…