Hello Monday #72

Waking thoughts after a dream: “Many step into sin because they can!” We are all set in such a way that we move, go, do, choose what we will do based on our own personal bent toward what we could call our “selfish will” rather than on what is right or wrong. At some level…

Hello Monday #71

We are working through a Spiritual Warfare class. The helmet of Salvation is protection for the head, for the mind. This battle we wage is in the mind. Keeping our minds protected is of great importance. 1 Thessalonians 5:9 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith…

Hidden Tracks: The Lie of “I Have to Be Strong”

Recently I remembered a place I went to as a teenager. It was a place I had only heard about growing up. They called it The Secret Sidewalk. You had to know someone who knew someone. Hidden off Old Canyon Road, down a trail and across some old railroad tracks, it was nestled way back…

Hello Monday #66

Welcome to Hello Monday! A song to share: Don’t judge it too soon. Just sit with it. Thoughts I’ve been thinking: We get into these loops where we are self-protective of energy, time, and resources. It is true that we cannot do everything. But we can be helpful, hope in a hard space, supportive, pray,…

Good Hearts and Bad Manners

Have you ever met someone that you would say, “I know they got a bad attitude, but they have a good heart.” Most the time that is a statement we make when someone’s bad behavior reflects on them badly, but we know them in a deeper way. We know that they help people and care…