LifeLift

A few years ago I revisited a book my Dad wrote 20+ years ago, re-drafted it, and then re-published it. In the process I learned a TON about the subject of the book, spiritual gifts. Along the way, I discovered some...

Who you are is greater than what you do. The fruit of your life is an overflow of the person you’re becoming. ⭐️ 💥 INSIDE-OUT Work on you while you work on the dream. That is, do BOTH at the same time— it’s not...

Relationships are the currency of those who live in the realm of their inherent greatness. Walking in healthy relationships with whole people is essential to living your purpose… 🚌 BUSINESS example = In the book Good...

Knowing your true internal motivation(s) for the life you’re trying to build empowers self-awareness (knowing who you are), as well as self-leadership (knowing how to move forward with faithfulness). Here are a few...

Saying “yes” to the great stuff in life often requires saying “no” to the good. That is, our most pivotal decisions don’t usually come to down a choice between “good” and “bad” but, rather, “good” and “great.” But… If...

The first step to living a life by design (instead of default) is deciding where you want to go. The second step is owning where you are now… (Where you are NEVER defines who you are— it’s just your current location,...

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

It’s easy to forget that we’re truly valuable… 🔥 that we bear the image of the Creator 🔥 that we’re chosen, Holy, and dearly loved (Colossians 3:12-13) 🔥 that He promised we’re never separated from His love (Romans...

We’re promised two gifts that we each desperately want and need come when we take the hurts and pains of the past, stop hiding them, and move into the light: 🎁 Connection = that is, we find we’re not alone, we meet...

In this talk we discuss the notion that everyone is “window shopping.” We’re constantly looking for a better plan, a different program, or more reliable steps to take us where we want to be. In the same way that we...

I don’t know where I first got the thought— “we seem more confident in the enemy’s ability to deceive us— and to steal, kill, and destroy— than we are about Jesus’ ability to heal and mend and restore all things.” I...

We have a lot of crazy ideas about God. Lots of them. We talk about His discipline- and how harsh it can be. How he scourges us to get us “in line.” As if God is very much like the high school hall monitor that was...