Starting with “how” is like trying to assemble a 1000-piece puzzle where all the puzzle pieces are the same color.

If you're fighting what's normal, you'll always lose.

“Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him’” 

As a human race we will never have a mortal life free from wrestling with “what I want” vs. “what is right".

How do narcissists think of the most praised of all human emotions?

We do not seek suffering, but it is guaranteed. On the other hand, we constantly seek purpose which is all BUT guaranteed to us.

Most anxiety stems from the attempt at living a double life.

There is no amount of love given by another person that can compare to the fullness of living in forgiveness.

“He who fights too long against monsters needs to take care, lest he become a monster himself."

“You are in control of your mind; not the other way around.”

In order to sustain healthy relationships, you must know how to sustain yourself.

Time is something to be valued. Nothing can be done to get it back.

In order to get to where you need to go, you need to know where, precisely, you want to go and how, precisely, you plan on getting there.

What will you regret more? Moving and potentially making a “mistake” or not moving at all?

The more freedom you desire, the more responsibility you have to endure.

Denial is a form of rejection – rejection of the truth. When we reject the truth of God, we are rejecting what is true about us as well.

Would you date or marry yourself? If you wouldn’t, that’s a problem. Luckily, it’s also a solvable one.

Is your marriage the warm-me-up in the middle of winter or is it full of the frost and bone-chilling cold of the midwest?

Agape love is unconditional and sacrificial. It is a selfless love, a choice, one that is considered the highest form.

Blessed be the God of all comfort, who comforts us, that we may be able to comfort those who are in trouble. - 2 Corinthians 1:3-4