What to do when your life is disrupted
Disruptions happen all the time. But rarely do they happen to everyone at the same time on the scale they are happening right now. Most disruptions happen to other people; they have a child get sick or they lose their job or their life changes abruptly in some other way. And we feel bad, but then the rest of us go on with our own lives. Because the disruption didn't really effect us. Other [...]
How to get up at 4 a.m. every day
Getting up at 4 a.m. is all the rage. That didn't used to be the case, but Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg started sharing their early morning workout experiences on Instagram and getting up early suddenly became cool. Before that I would bet most people didn't even know 4 [...]
13 things to stop doing by the time you are 30
When I turned thirty (several years ago) I made some decisions about some things I no longer wanted to do. I don't know why, but thirty was a turning point for me. I decided there were some things I no longer wanted in my life. I think some of [...]
Comfortable Christians make Jesus sick
I was in Memphis last month when a lady overheard me talking to a couple of my brothers in a restaurant. Upon finding out that I was a Christian who was living in California she asked me, "What are you doing out there?" in an accusatory tone. She seemed [...]
What to do while you are waiting for everything you’ve ever wanted
People sometimes look at me and think I have everything. Maybe not financially, but at least relationally. People see that I live in Los Angeles and have a wonderful wife and three great kids and they think I have everything I've ever wanted. And it's true that I have [...]
4 reasons we chose to adopt before having biological children
Most of my loyal readers know that my wife and I began taking foster care and adoption classes a month after we got married. I've shared how we both knew we were eventually going to adopt and we figured we should go ahead and get the process started, thinking [...]
9 ways to be unique in a world of copycats
You want to be a rebel? You want to be unique? You want to stand out from the crowd? Here's a tip: Fighting about politics doesn’t make you special. Thinking what society tells you to think won’t make you stand out. Believing what the world tells you to believe [...]