Mental Health and the Mission of the Church

Life and leadership lessons from three little pigs. I love thinking through what these cute little piglets can teach us about life. Don’t underestimate what they have to say.

Life and leadership lessons from THE THREE LITTLE PIGS! My grandson, Gus, and I want you to think about what life principles of spiritual lessons you could get out of this well-known children's story.

I see “stuck people“. I see people who are going round and round in circles in certain areas of their life. I believe a big part of my assignment is to help us break out of our non-productive cycles and crossover into our land of promise.

Eat this book! Let’s grab life by the throat and make it give us everything God intends for us to have. Let’s look at the most powerful tool we have in pursuing the life God wants for us. Don’t settle for “bumper sticker Christianity“ like Christians aren’t perfect just forgiven.

When does “eternal life” begin? Who has it? Do I have it? What is it? (cont)

Why I am not a fan of bumper-sticker Christianity. For example, “Christians aren’t perfect, just forgiven.” I don’t like it. Mainly because it is not true. Let’s talk about it.

When does “eternal life” begin? Who has it? Do I have it? What is it? Christianity cannot make sense or be lived powerfully and enjoyably without understanding the most important thing that has or will ever happen to you — being “BORN AGAIN! We are continuing our discussion of how God created us to exist and live in three parts, SPIRIT, SOUL, and BODY, each with different challenges and capacities...

How “saved” are you? Pt 2 Continuing the conversation of how God made us and why we can continue to struggle after becoming Christians.

Do you understand the most important thing that has ever happened to you? Your eternal destiny and the potential to live the life you’ve always dreamed of began in an instant. One decision moved you from fear, shame, and loneliness into you a family with God as it’s father. Let’s learn how to experience and enjoy everything that’s available to us. Let’s learn how to experience and enjoy everything...

How “SAVED” are you? Let’s talk about one of the most important things I’ve learned to understand how we can want to follow God with all of our heart but still act like the devil himself at times.

Are you attempting to build your life on top of a nuclear waste site? Most of us don’t realize that in the process of renewing and renovating our soul the most important and possibly the most difficult thing is dealing with what’s already there.

The most powerful weapons and tools we have are invisible and weightless. Today I want to talk about words and some of my favorite scriptures that have helped me to stir and steer my heart in the journey toward real freedom and lasting change.

Taming a monster. (Pt 2) One of the most powerful tools and habits I’ve learned in the process of healing and freedom. Free your soul from the soundtrack of your past. Check out today’s 8-Minute MindShift! Check out today’s 8-Minute MindShift!

Taming a monster! (Pt 1) A key to everything we’ve been talking about is how you talk to yourself about yourself. The best thing you can do is learn to agree with God by saying what he says about you. Let’s talk about it a little bit today.

There is a key practice that will make everything we’re talking about work for you. But without it it’s very difficult to walk in the fullness of a renovated mind that frees you to pursue all that God has for you. Check it out!

IDENTIFY, Challenge, and Change. Here's a worksheet to help you "capture your thoughts" and learn to manage your emotional responses to life's events.

Stop making your life worse than it is. This is a description of the BTFA=R principle with drawings and visuals.

Identify, challenge, and change. These three steps are the key to you having a better day a better week a better month a better year. The greatest blockages between you and the life God wants for you are inside of you. This is the simplest process for tearing down those blockages of thought, belief, and behavior.

Be – Do - Have. The order in which you live these three words determines the peace you walk in.

“Who told you that…?“ One of the most important questions you can learn to use in your battle against the lies lodged in your soul. This is a really important principle that we will be talking about today. Share the post please and help me get the word out there.

Don’t just do something, sit there! I want to share some personal realities we have experienced as we start our new year. God has a way of sneaking up on us and answering prayers in ways we don’t expect.

Happy new year! Where do you want to go this year? There’s one thing you need to know before you can plan your trip.

3 Steps toward greater freedom - Identify, Challenge, and Change your destructive patterns of thought, belief, and behavior.

MineShift or else… One of the most important skills I’ve learned and you need to learn if you want your life to get unstuck and change in the direction you hope to move. MineShift or else…

Do you suffer from “hurry sickness”? One of the things that will greatly hinder your process toward winning this inner battle with thoughts, emotions, and behavior is the pace at which we live. Let’s talk a second about what I consider to be an epidemic in our culture.