What gives meaning to life? That is the philosophical and spiritual question that has been asked for thousands of years. As a follower of Jesus, I have assumed that all others who follow Him would answer this in the same way: God. In His… Continue Reading “Choosing a Bigger Picture”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Beauty, Cosmic meaning, Cosmic truth, Goodness, Happiness, He is God and I am not, Meaning, Meaning of Life, Names, Nominalism, Objectivity, Personal meaning, Reality, Subjectivity, The Life, the Truth, The Way, Universal definitions, Universal Meaning, Universal truth, Universals
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 hold of the hands of our other two small children as we hurried… Continue Reading “Choosing a Faith-Filled Imagination”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Afraid, Create, Creativity, Dark Minds, Dark Thoughts, Evil, Faith, fear, Generating, Images, Imagination, Imagine, Imagining, Inventions, Mental, Mental Health, Mind, Redeemed Imagination, Seeing, Sight, Thinking, What if?
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 with summer right in front… Continue Reading “Choosing a Clean Heart”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Anxiety, Anxious Thoughts, Bad Attitude, Brave, Bravery, Clean Heart, Clean soul, Clean Up, Cleansing, Confess, Courage, Deep Cleaning, fear, Forgive one another, forgiveness, freedom, Getting Unstuck, Grudges, House Cleaning, Letting Go, Moving Forward, New Life, Offenses, Releasing, Repent, Resentment, Soul Cleaning, Spring Cleaning
Regardless of the secularism that is woven into our present-day culture, we are a generation of worshipers. We tend to revere whatever makes us feel good. And that can cover a broad spectrum of deities. Whether they be the gods of food, money, or… Continue Reading “Choosing to Have No Other Gods”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: 10 Commandments, False gods, False Worship, First Commandment, Idol Worship, Idolatry, Idols, Love God with all your heart, No other gods, One true God, Only One God, Pride, Repent, Repentence, Self Centered, The god of self, The Greatest Commandment, There is one God and you are not Him, Worship