All of My Thoughts and Articles
What is the Function of Your Behavior?
Often when we’re trying to solve a problem in our lives, we focus on our behavior. At face value, this makes a lot of sense. Behavior is powerful and important. If we want something different ...
How to Make Your Environment Work For You
When we put together a strategy to make a change in our lives, most of the time we think about things that happen inside us. For example, how can we improve our discipline and willpower ...
Do We Get “3 Free Sins”?
I finished reading an interesting book called "3 Free Sins" by Steve Brown, and I'm curious to hear your thoughts about it. The basic idea of the book is that Christians are usually focused on "getting better." ...
Trading in Barbara Walters for FOX News: Where We Went Wrong
I was listening to a television show awhile back, and someone asked Barbara Walters her opinion on a political issue. Walters declined to answer, because it was important for her (and the newscasters of her ...
Why I Read Fiction
This past week, I picked up the John Le Carre spy novel, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy." It's a thick book, and it will take me quite a while to read it. Reading the book probably ...
3 Ways to Beat Procrastination
Ah procrastination. Most of us struggle with it. We know we need to get going on a big, important task, but for some reason, we can’t seem to get into gear. Instead, we waste time ...
What I Learned from a Weekend of “Wasting Time”
Sometimes I have the tendency to work all the time. I don’t necessarily want to work constantly, it’s just a default I go to when I have some empty space in my life. If I ...
Struggling with Depression? 4 Ways to Get Help
Depression can be one of the most painful experiences we can have as human beings. I have sat across from clients who couldn’t muster up the energy to get out of bed in the morning, ...
America Needs a Lesson in Cultural Humility and Justice
Like many Americans, I have been incredibly disturbed by what is happening at our borders--children being separated from their parents and detained. As I reflect on what is happening, two things keep coming up for ...
