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Practicing the Discipline of Contentment

Contentment is a spiritual discipline necessary for a thriving life and ministry.

Our private failures often result in public collateral damage.

I tell my friends who like fried foods and high fructose corn syrup that I very well might die before they do. I’ll just biodegrade faster.

There is some sunshine, some cloudy days, and a lot of rain. But that stuff is built into the plan.

Jacob finally came to the end of the line—and himself. The fear of Esau and Laban drove him to his knees.

The same God who used a lack of light as His creative canvas can shape a Genesis week in you if you wait on Him.

Parenting is the hardest think I’ve ever had to do (pastoring is a very close second).

A local church does not benefit if her leaders are struggling financially.

Criticism won’t change the reality that we are already approved in Christ.

She had responsibilities, goals, and a checklist that was probably color-coded and alphabetized. All she wanted was a little help.