January 2022…another new year…another beginning. I don’t know about you, but I love a fresh start. It’s like a pristine coat of paint in the trending color of the year, full of possibilities and HOPE. Hope! I once heard hope defined as projecting positive feelings into the future. When was the last time you…
The legendary biography of Noah (yes, the ark builder) is one I find utterly suitable as an example and encouragement to Christians in our current age of corruption and violence. We don’t hear much on Noah as adults. It’s as if we’ve relegated his unique story as a children’s tale, too much fantasy for…
Defeat can be excruciating, especially for the person whose identity is adhered to the their activity. When you believe your strength is the thing that is now gone, agonizing feelings of loss and grief come alongside the physical trauma of an accident. This was my head-space when injury claimed my athleticism. I felt as…
Diet and exercise will sculpt a body. This powerful lesson was taught through my 2010 competitive bodybuilding season, and I was in awe of the extent of it. Like most people, I had bought into a common misconception that exercise is the antidote to eating poorly. As if overindulging could be erased by burning…
Out of the most difficult times have come the foundations of my faith. Without the strife of infertility, I might still be second guessing whether God exists. Without all-nighters nebulizing my asthmatic child, I might not believe prayer effective. You could say that these troublesome experiences were the fires that burnt away doubt, as…
February 21, 2021 marks my first anniversary of blogging! The celebration is without cake and party hats but full of reflection and self-affirmations. One cannot commemorate a milestone without some applause! Think of how we gather around the highchair of our one-year-old singing songs and smiling praise! That is the feeling I have for…
“…My beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence, but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.” Philippians 2:12-13 ESV The transformation of…
