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11 Effective Ways to Fast without Giving up Food
How to fast without giving up food? Is that even possible? Isn’t fasting by definition, "the foregoing of food" (literally: "to abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink especially as a religious observance" (Oxford Languages)? But ever since Social Media has...
How to Fast When Traditional Fasting is Too Much
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. – Matthew 9:15 If we are disciples of Jesus, we should be fasting - and not just during Lent, but all the time! Problem is, it is WAY too easy to make excuses and justify...
Why God Permits me to Fail at my Goals – and How to Leverage It!
I guess experience makes me qualified to write about failure. From where I sit, when I look at the grand scheme of all my plans, by all outward appearance at this moment in my life, I am one. I’ve worked for many years to learn all the S.M.A.R.T. things and do all the...
When Goals Steal your Peace…
Goals are supposed to be a tool to help us align our actions with our priorities and make us make progress towards what matters to us. Sounds good right? Well, then why do we so often fail at our goals? Or better yet, when we succeed at them, why do they leave us...
2 Prayers to Keep us Humble
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ~ Matthew 11:29 Humility is so "unpopular". It is literally the opposite of everything we believe to be good as a society right now: "stand up for...
Is Self-Care compatible with Christian “Death-to-Self”?
Is Self-Care compatible with Christian Death-to-Self? This question is especially important in a culture where self-care is preached as the solution to every problem and depression is still at an all time high. Are we just not doing enough "self-care"? Or could...