Keeping Up With Jones: The Lonnie Jones Podcast Adventure

The angle of incident. When two lines meet. When light hits water or a prism. When two lines are coincidental but one diverges even a little the effect over distance is quite dramatic. We have incidents and they create angles in our lives. The longer we let them influence us the more problems they create or the further from what is good, right and true they take us. Life lived is life learned. Eve...

You may not think you have something or want to admit it; but if it is comfortable at your house...you may not want it or even admit you have it but it has you. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast, Quixotic Jedi an...

We often see people described by a pair of words. Depending on which word we focus on the meaning can change. Look at people as people and people with a past as having a future. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast,...

Our warmth often comes from the sacrifice or willingness of others to sacrifice. They give and we benefit. They give even when what they gave us was not because we needed but just because we wanted some comfort. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT...

Because we care we blame ourselves. When we are without power and we are not in control we blame ourselves. Acting and failing is not the same as failure to act. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast, Quixotic Jedi a...

Is it supposed to sound that way? That's what we think it sounds like...but why? You can change the way it's portrayed even though it's always been portrayed one certain way in your life...you can make it sound different. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCoun...

Choosing between what we want now and what we most is the difference in successful, failure, happiness, regret and often missing out on what we don't even know we missed. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast, Qu...

Two things can be different-vastly different- and yet be the same. What they want for your life. They may look sound and feel opposite. That is not the point. To Balance the Opposites you must understand the intention behind both seemingly opposite paths or desires. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie...

Reflecting on my Brazilian Jiu-jitsu journey and the effect of being inactive in the things we claim to be passionate about. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast, Quixotic Jedi andholder of an honorary doctorate fro...

The signs we give often make people wonder. Our words and gestures either don't match or are misinterpreted. Show and tell is not just for elementary school. It's for adult communiation. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Ou...

Normal is a relative term. Even if my norm is abnormal but it works...then it's my norm to embrace. If it doesn't work then the the normal thing to do is address it and modify it. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor E...

There is a difference in imitating someone, being an imitation of someone or emulating them. Our goal is not to be a cheap look alike but an authentic representation of Christ like values and behaviors in our world. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, S...

Seeing is not believing. Not seeing is believing. Not doing is not believing. If you believe you will see. If you believe you will do. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast, Quixotic Jedi andholder of an honorary doc...

The brand we advertise and the brand use are not always the same. That's a mistake in industry but a tragedy in Christianity. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast, Quixotic Jedi andholder of an honorary doctorat...

Ever heard "It's not what you say but how you say it?" Well what about "It's not what you heard but what were you listening for?" Listening for the need makes it possible to respond to anything in a more positive without regard to how it was said. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life...

Rewards and reinforcement are different. Rewards are things, reinforcement is a process. We are reinforced and rewarded intrinsically or extrinsically. Knowing which one controls and motivates us the key to autonomy. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister,...

The power of influence is not actually power. It is inspiration to think, decide, choose and act. Those who do not want us to think do not want us to be free. Those who do not want us to be free do not want us to think. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Ministe...

Incongruous doesn't mean incompatible. It is not mutually exclusive. It just means you have to be intentional to make it better even if it seems it does not fit. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast, Quixotic Je...

I've been given checks that were folded up, crinkled up and one was mixed up but I'd never gotten one that was blank. A blank check has no amount...implied no limit. God has given us gifts of love, mercy and grace and they are immeasurable. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed P...

Absence of information gives room for imagination. We often imagine the worst but faith goes beyond our expectations and even our imagination. You may expect to be disappointed but walking by faith means you won't be disappointed at what you didn't expect. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie J...

It doesn't matter what you are trying to do. Doing it faster, more or more intense doesn't fix it if the initial effort is off target. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast, Quixotic Jedi andholder of an hono...

After the bullet has been fired all you have left is the spent brass. The brass is not all that is left but the memories of where you were and who you were with when the brass was "spent". Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain...

I knew I was not clean. What would they say? Would they notice? Could I even go in? We have the mistaken idea that church is only for clean people. It's for cleansed people. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast,...

It's not what they do. It's not what you decide. It's what you actually do that determines if we tolerate or not. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast and Quixotic Jedi.  To Support this podcast projectp...

Know you know means I know you know me. That connection means we share something whether that is pain or relief. But it comforting to know you know. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These arestories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed ProfessionalCounselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast and Quixotic Jedi.     To Sup...