We think we’re doing a good thing. We want them to be their best, have a good life–succeed, dang it! But when we’re pushing our kids to excel in school and sports and activities and everything else, we might actually be doing more harm than good. Gap Programs Gap programs have started for students...
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I Disagree: Fiver Parties
So I’m a highly opinionated person. Shocker, I know. And I tend not to share all my thoughts online because, well, wisdom says not to. But sometimes, I think it’s a good idea to share a different perspective than what I see most places. Social media can easily become an echo chamber for what...
Dangerous Mindsets: Threats and Shadows
Dangerous mindsets are patterns of thought that become our defaults in an unhealthy way. They can look like one-way streets. But another dangerous mindset involves threats and shadows. Threats and Shadows Some of us, either from experience or because of how we’re wired, see everything around us in terms of threats and shadows. By that,...
How to Use Time Well
Time is available to everyone at the same rate in the same amounts. But how to use time well … that’s a whole different thing. I am realizing that I use time very poorly. But I am also learning that I’m ready to do it differently. How to Use Time Well Maybe “using” time...
The Cost of Disobedience
Yesterday, we watched the woman walk down the path of deception. Her deception led to a choice, to disobedience. And the cost of disobedience was death. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil...