Tag Archives: struggle

When Life Propels You Into Thin Air

Life’s Thresholds Your life is full of thresholds — moments when unforeseen circumstance, choice, tragedy, or the inescapable momentum of life propels you to the extreme edge of all you’ve known. A critical move. A death. A major reversal. A ... Continue Reading ›

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God’s Vigil

What do you do when the heavens seem silent? Few challenges are so hard that they can’t be made worse by having to face them alone. When you feel bereft of God’s responsiveness to your, the painful loneliness can penetrate your bones. In this follow-up video to my earlier ... Continue Reading ›

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You Can Do Hard Things

When my oldest son was perhaps only four years old, he’d sometimes complain about how I’d asked him to do something “too hard.” To his four-year-old sensibilities, my request for him to put his toys away or to please put his pants on before going out in public must have ... Continue Reading ›

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Relax—I’ve Got You

Wrestling with Elephants We can fight so hard with our challenges. We feel an urgency to crack the code to our dilemmas, once and for all. Our rigorous efforts have an important place—yet, sometimes we rely so much on our own tenacity that we cut ourselves off from other ... Continue Reading ›

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