As we were going back and forth about the forward for the Claim Your Freedom book, JB and I sat in a pub in downtown Salt Lake City discussing “hard things.” He experienced his version of a few tough chapters just like me. Each of us have different details, and both stories...

The resurrection doesn’t remove the scars, it rewrites the ending of the story…

Sometimes that means the scars remain. They no longer control the story, but they are part of it- perhaps even a significant part.

When they killed Jesus, they battered Him mercilessly. Isaiah prophesied...

Back in 2014, a child-therapist my family visited for a season described stress in a revealing way. Kristen, the counselor, likened our souls to balloons…

(Yes, I have a lot of experience with counselors!)

“You can blow a balloon up,” she said, moving her hands larger and...

September 2018 I did something I never imagined I would do: I took a psychological evaluation. A full one. The kind with hundreds of questions followed by a sit-down interview with a licensed psychologist.

To say it another way, I voluntarily took one of those tests that cost several hundred...

The Bible tells us we're redeemed by the blood of the Lamb (i.e., 1 Peter 1:18-19). If this is true, it means that Jesus offers a facet of redemption (read: freedom) at each place He bled..

(To understand the word redemption, go here first.)

Notice... 

For the purposes of mental and...

In this short video we talk about how grace doesn't just change your eternal destination (i.e., what happens to you when you die), it also alters the ongoing experience of life now.

Let me explain... 

In seminary I learned about “the law of first mention,” a precept that tells us...

I grew up in church— my Dad was the pastor. It's a longer story for another time and place (which I’m totally willing to share), but the blinders didn’t come off for me until I was in college.

I walked the aisle at the end the church service one Sunday morning. That’s how...

About 7 years ago I heard John Maxwell-- a leadership guru-- speak to a group of business leaders...

“If it’s not your dream,” he said, “then don’t do it. Do something else, do whatever your dream is…”

He closed his speech by encouraging the audience to...

Most of us live some sort of fixed routine. Your routine might be a “good” one or a “bad” one. Your daily routine might be intentional or it might be unintentional. Either way, you take specific actions and head in a particular direction.

By the way, if your plan is not...

One day, a lady named Mary stopped me in the halls at a business workshop. "I want to thank you for what you taught my husband at the recent Advance!" she said.

I explained that I'm not sure I could actually teach him anything. Her husband, Jay, is an incredible guy.

She laughed, then told me,...