Posts tagged “Greed”
Eliminate rather than resist
Some time ago, I was trying to reduce the amount of time I spent on my phone. But day after day, I found myself…
Test and trust
“Don’t test me right now!”—All parents everywhere at the end of their proverbial ropes All kids have heard this phrase uttered by their parents,…
When your outsides and insides don’t match
We saw Harry Styles at Chipotle. Well, it could have been Harry Styles. He looked an awful lot like him, and confidence oozed out…
Who or what owns you?
A quarterback once shouted to the rival crowd, “I still own you!” While amusing, it actually got me thinking. Who or what owns me?…
Too crowded to grow
This past year was our first experiment in raised-bed gardening. We tore out a good portion of our front lawn (yes, our front lawn!)…
What fills your heart?
Part of my nightly routine involves writing in my “Thanksgiving Journal,” in which I meditate on and praise God for all the blessings he…
Jesus is worth it
Jim Gaffigan, my favorite comedian, has this joke about the disciples who had to give up everything to follow Jesus. I forget his exact…
Sitting shotgun with Jesus
Once upon a time, Jesus pulled a 15-passenger van into a man’s driveway. He honked the horn, rolled down the window as the door…
DEBT: A four-letter word
Debt can make you do spiritually dumb things. Debt causes stress, affecting your relationships and your waistline. Debt causes fights over spending habits. Debt…
What are you giving?
Isn’t it amazing how children born to the same parents and raised in the same home can turn out so differently? It happened in…
Peace has a price
I have a theory as to why there are so many wars between countries, so much drama within families, and so little love in…