The title of this lesson could’ve been: Why are Some Top Athletes So Judgemental? You could also replace “Christians” with “Top Artists,” “the Politically Correct,” “Conspiracy Theorists” or “HR Departments” because all of these groups are drawn to being judgemental; why? Because anyone who loves … [Read more...]

I recently realized that belief in Jesus should be based on logic and not emotion.  You’d think this would’ve been more apparent, but when you grow up surrounded by Christianity with holidays like Christmas and Easter you take a lot for granted and you miss the miracle of it all: (me) “Of … [Read more...]

The other week my four year old made up a new song.  Picture a very cute little girl with all sincerity singing the following words: “You love your cat... your cat’s your friend... and your cat’s going to die... your cats going to die... your cats going to die.”  Sounds ruthless, doesn’t … [Read more...]

This week I realized a major problem for people is being mean without realizing it.  It can be as simple as not returning a text or not sharing an encouraging word when it’s needed.  It can be not accepting a compliment well, which can discourage that person from offering compliments in … [Read more...]

Last week we looked at the verse: “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” (Phil 4:8) Based on this verse, I taught the first … [Read more...]

The Importance of Being Direct - and having trust In the last few lessons I’ve mentioned how I’ve been trying to be more direct in how I communicate.  For most of my adult life I’d say I was more of the “just take it” kind of person, which is essentially recognizing something is wrong, but … [Read more...]