Tag: hope
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Reflections from a Depressed Pastor: 2 Thoughts about Depression
I’ll start this off as I have my previous blogs on the subject: My name is David. And I’m a pastor who deals with bouts of depression. I don’t write as one who is specialized in the medical or psychological field, but as one who fights a personal battle while refusing to let others stand alone…
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Check Your Marriage Trend: 3 Steps to Building Hope and Momentum
Yesterday at Kfirst was one of those messages that I’m not ready to leave. There’s so much to say about our “trends.” But what has weighed upon my heart and woke me up last night was the “trends” we find in our marriages. A “trend” is a very simple concept that has become a “buzzword”…
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Picking up the Pieces: 4 Thoughts About Personal Brokenness
Have you ever said, “What just happened?” Me too. Last winter, I had one of “those” mornings. As I’m leaving for the day, I’m doing my best to be careful pulling my car out of the garage and I destroyed my driver’s-side mirror. I remember being physically exhausted. My mind was wide awake saying “You’re…
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Thoughts of a Depressed Pastor: 4 Steps to Escaping Depression
My name is David. And I’m a pastor who deals with bouts of depression. I don’t write as one who is specialized in the medical or psychological field, but as one who fights a personal battle while refusing to let others stand alone in theirs. My depression is considerably lower than others, and happens perhaps, less…
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Rearview Mirrors: 3 Simple Steps to Keep Your Marriage Looking Forward
“…But one thing I do:forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14 Being a dad of a 16-year-old, I have a lot talks about using the car. In fact, I’m trying to get…
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Not What I Was Expecting: 6 Ways to Develop Healthy Marital Expectations
Last Saturday, I sat with some great friends and enjoyed some frozen yogurt while sharing stories of early “moments” in marriage where we may not have been at our best. First, I’m glad to have relationships where Anne and I can get together with others and laugh (still laughing about the Spam story). Laughter is…
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Hungry Hope: 4 Ways to Begin a Culture Hope in Your Marriage
“This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls…” Hebrews 6:19 Hope seems like it’s such an elusive element in marriage today. Couples, typically, feel they either have it or they don’t. But as this blog has been brewing in my spirit over the past couple weeks, I’ve recognize that the internal struggles…
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Assaulted with Assumption: 5 Marital Assumptions to Deal With
It only took me 5 or so years, but I discovered that Anne wasn’t the biggest fan of flowers. It’s not that she doesn’t like them (she confirmed she did), but they didn’t speak to her ANYTHING close to what I thought they were communicating. Through dating and into marriage, I had been buying them…
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Pain is Our Common Denominator: 5 things I want to share with you about pain
Do you feel pain? Have you ever been in agony? From stubbing your toe in the middle of the night to having your heart-broken by someone, it seems we all have experienced elements of pain. The rare medical condition of CIP (Congenital Insensitivity to Pain) exists. It’s one of many physical statuses in which a person cannot feel (and has never…
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Political-Ad Parishioners
It’s the day after the election. My facebook feed is consumed in people celebrating, not the elections, but the calm after the storm of political-ads coming through phone calls, door-hangers, mail, commercials, and the like. I’ll be honest, it’ll be refreshing to get the mail today without half of it centered around one candidate ripping…
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