Preliminary Reading: Defining Love Every week, my wife sits down to watch the Bachelor. Sometimes I can convince myself to watch with her. Sometimes it takes alcohol. Regardless, I have watched more of the Bachelor […]
Satan’s Fall
Prerequisites: Animals Don’t Kill themselves, Rethinking Eden The Fall in Eden was not the first sin. It was the first human sin. Before humanity, there was a rebellion in heaven. And that was lead by […]
Fear of Public Speaking
Public speaking is more feared than death, and apparently could effect 75% of the population. But why? It’s simply speaking in front of other people. Maybe it’s because of judgment. In a room of a […]
Rethinking Eden
In Christianity, there is one story from which all other stories flow. One act that dooms all of mankind. It’s the story of Eden. It takes place in Genesis three. And it’s a familiar story: […]
Choose Your Induction
Read the comfort zone first. My wife and I just finished watching The Pharmacist on Netflix, which I highly recommend. It got me thinking about addiction. With comfort in mind, what is the difference between […]
Ending the Comfort Zone
We all have a comfort zone. There are certain things that we prefer. And other things that we prefer not to do. And some things we’ve never done. Things inside the comfort zone are obviously […]
Gratitude [Continued]
Preliminary Reading: Finding Gratitude Along the same lines, there is a cell in hell with my name on it. But it’s empty. And will continue to be. Just like Jesus’ tomb. And for that reason […]
Finding Gratitude
To find gratitude, I think it’s helpful to imagine things not existing. Instead of saying that I don’t like these qualities about my house or my wife or my life, why not instead imagine those […]
Shadows prove the sun
Sometimes I struggle with intrusive thoughts. Things I would never do, and never want to do trigger over and over again in my mind. While some people may just let these pass, I engage them. […]
Animals Don’t Kill Themselves
Animals do not commit suicide. This is generally accepted as true, although there are a handful of examples of it. I’m not trying to prove the exceptions. Only the rules. They are not capable of […]