Author: The Journey

Manager’s Memo 11-22-22

Dear Thanksgiving, I know I’m not as grateful as I should be. There’s so much in my life that I don’t even notice until … they’re gone and then I’m like… why wasn’t I thankful when I should have been. Thanksgiving, thank you for reminding me to appreciate family, football and food. But most of all, thank you for reminding me that being grateful brings me closer to Jesus. Dear Black Friday, now tha

Manager’s Memo 9-16-22

God is the great giver. Satan is the great taker. Which camp would you like to live in? The Bible says “Give as freely as you have received!” and what is it that we have received? Forgiveness for our past sins, a new life in Christ and heaven, where nothing will die again. So, I say again … give as freely as you have received. Romans 8 says God did not hold back giving His own Son, so how will He

Manager’s Memo 9-2-22

It’s tempting to confuse what you do with who you are. If you don’t have a job right now, don’t let that define you. You are more than what you do. An occupation is just something that you do or where you are employed. A vocation is a higher purpose in life that accomplishes much more than earning a paycheck. A vocation is something that you’re convicted or compelled to do for greater motives than

Manager’s Memo 8-22-22

Honesty is the difference between being trustworthy or not. If we define honesty by how we’re treated in this world, there would be no hope. Convincing ourselves to lower our standards of giving what is right, will affect our ability to receive. Forbes magazine published this inspiring quote “The greatest want of the world is the want of men – men and women who will not be bought or sold; wh

Manager’s Memo 7-29-22

Are you ready for something new? Something different? You want a little less of this and a little more of this in your life? Gearing up for a new season of life requires something specific that we don’t often think of. We’ve got to make room for it first. We can’t just keep adding things to our lives. Before you get a new job, you have to quit the old one. Before you start a new relationship, you

Manager’s Memo 7-18-22

Our biggest issue isn’t that we don’t want to help others. It’s that we help others – out of bounds right? Out of our cup instead of the cups overflow. We dump the energy and resources WE need because we think that’s the Christian thing to do and then we run out of yeses and shut down. It’s hard to balance time for self-care and time for others-care. It’s too easy to overdo it either direction to

Manager’s Memo 7-8-22

If you’re going to be broken, I pray that it’s in this way… So I was sitting by my parents pool in Southern California last month on a mother-son trip with a nice glass of tea, when my mom and I heard a crack and a pop followed by what sounded like falling and dropping pieces. Never a good thing to hear … usually. Except … for this one time. Because … it was my dad’s peach tree branch breaki

Manager’s Memo 6-21-22

So you’ve prayed for a good ending to your problem, but God isn’t answering. Maybe the situation has gotten worse since you started praying about it. Or you claimed a Bible promise, but it seems like there’s no power in it. It might feel like the answer is always … wait? … There’s a problem here, but it isn’t with God. It’s all about our understanding of what we THINK God is doing. We’ve gotta be

Manager’s Memo 6-10-22

Don’t you just love it when someone sends you some picture or quote that just makes your day? Or punches you in the gut. Either way, you know it’s God doing His thing. Here’s something my mom sent me out of the blue, but it wasn’t really out of the blue. “don’t compare your circumstances with others. Godliness with contentment is great gain. If you have food and clothing, the basic necessities for