Posted on March 28, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Is “spring cleaning” a real thing? For some, this annual purging is what marks the official emergence from the dark survival mode of winter. It’s a time to step into the bright and hopeful newness of a fresh season. It’s a regenerated start, embracing… Continue Reading “Choosing to Declutter”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Anxiety, Anxious Thoughts, Bad Habits, Cleaning, Cleansing, Decluttering, fear, forgiveness, freedom, Grudges, Letting Go, Making Changes, New Habits, Old Habits, Releasing, Resentment, Rethinking, Self Evaluation, Spiritual Bath, Spring Cleaning, Unforgiveness, Washing
Posted on March 21, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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It was a cold night in late October when I saw Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, Russia with my own eyes. I was carrying my one-year-old son, and my wife had the hands of our other two small children as we hurried across Red… Continue Reading “Choosing Redemption for My Imagination”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Anxiety, Belief, Believe, Create, Creative, Creativity, Dark Thoughts, Evil Thoughts, Faith, Hope, Hopeful, Imagination, Imagine, lust, Mind, Pride, Redeem, Redeeming, Redemption, Seeing, Seen, The Mind, unseen, Visualization, Visualize
I was attending college in Southern California when I had my first discussion with a Muslim about the nature of God. He was from Iran, highly intelligent and very polite. After listening to my stumbling words trying to explain the Holy Trinity, using my… Continue Reading “Choosing a Divine Family”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: 3 gods, 3 in 1, Arianism, Arius, Athanasius, Child of God, Divinity of Jesus, Faith in God, Family of God, God is a Relationship, God Is Love, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Heavenly Father, Made in His image, Made in His likeness, Trinitarian, Trinity
Posted on March 7, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I woke this morning and didn’t feel like getting up. Yes, my body was sore from some recent ambitious exercise. But that wasn’t the reason I wanted to stay in bed. I realize now that I was wrestling with fear. I was feeling apprehension… Continue Reading “Choosing to Fight Fear”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Afraid, Angst, Anxiety, Anxious, Apprehension, Apprehensions, Awe, Brave, Bravery, Courage, Courageous, fear, Fearful, Stress, Stressful, Terrified, Terror, Trust in the Lord, Worried, Worrisome, Worry, Worship