Posted on June 6, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I am a recovering English teacher. It’s been many years since I stood in front of a class of middle-schoolers and attempted to convey the beauty of past participles, gerunds and the joy of diagraming a sentence. The response was almost always less than… Continue Reading “Choosing What’s IN”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Christ in me, Connecting with God, God in me, Holy Bible, Holy Scriptures, Identity, In Christ, In God, Knowing God, Listening to God, New Testament, Prepositions, Reading the Bible, Reading the Word, The Bible, The Word of God
Posted on April 18, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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During my senior year in high school, my football coach referred to me as a “great athlete.” I was shocked but ecstatic that he would say such a thing. That was NOT how I saw myself. I had had minimal interest in athletics most… Continue Reading “Choosing to Not Turn Myself into an Object”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Calling, Child of God, Children of God, daughter of God, family member, God's kid, Heavenly Father, Identity, Identity Confusion, Object, Objectification, Objectify, Purpose, Self Identity, Self Image, Self Understanding, Self Worth, son of God, Value, Who am I, Worth
Posted on July 19, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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No matter how hard I try, why are some things so difficult to resist? Overeating? Harsh responses to those who correct me? Anxiety about the future? I know how I should respond, what I’m supposed to do, and what I ought to feel. But… Continue Reading “Choosing to Take Temptation Seriously”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Adopted, Adoption, Allegiance, Child of God, Children of God, Core Identity, daughter of God, Identity, Identity Tag, No longer orphans, Purpose, resisting, Resisting Temptation, son of God, Temptation, Temptation of Jesus, Tempted, Thomas á Kempis, View of Myself, Weakness
Posted on August 31, 2020
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I have done it more often than I can count. Setting my house, my car, my education, my career, my life next to a neighbor’s, a friend’s or even an enemy’s. I then feel the discomfort when they don’t match. Occasionally I feel better… Continue Reading “Choosing to Not Compare”