The other week my four year old made up a new song.  Picture a very cute little girl with all sincerity singing the following words: “You love your cat... your cat’s your friend... and your cat’s going to die... your cats going to die... your cats going to die.”  Sounds ruthless, doesn’t … [Read more...]

This week I realized a major problem for people is being mean without realizing it.  It can be as simple as not returning a text or not sharing an encouraging word when it’s needed.  It can be not accepting a compliment well, which can discourage that person from offering compliments in … [Read more...]

Last week we looked at the verse: “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” (Phil 4:8) Based on this verse, I taught the first … [Read more...]

The Importance of Being Direct - and having trust In the last few lessons I’ve mentioned how I’ve been trying to be more direct in how I communicate.  For most of my adult life I’d say I was more of the “just take it” kind of person, which is essentially recognizing something is wrong, but … [Read more...]