When the Shortcut Costs You

When the Shortcut Costs You I was headed home from a quick trip to Phoenix—just a casual Yuma-to-Phoenix-and-back kinda day. I make the drive often enough that I’ve basically earned a PhD in avoiding Phoenix rush hour. I know the times. I know the tricks. I know the pain. But not today, Satan. A late doctor […]
FROM COMFORT TO CALLING: Embrace Discomfort to Fulfill Your Purpose

FROM COMFORT TO CALLING: Embrace Discomfort to Fulfill Your Purpose Why do you behave that way? Why are you so defensive? Why can’t you just believe that I love you? What is wrong with you that you won’t LET me love you? Why do you think the worst? These are all questions I was faced with in my marriage. I […]
A Disordered Life

“A disordered life speaks loudly of a disordered soul.” I will never forget the time I was visiting someone in my ministry to help her with a few issues she was having in her life. I pulled up to her little apartment. Like many young, newly married couples, she and her husband barely had any […]
GOT DADDY ISSUES?

Got daddy issues? I definitely have had my own battle with daddy issues. 🙄 What does that even mean? “Daddy issues” are often explained as adult issues resulting from a negative relationship with one’s father in childhood or a lack of one entirely. – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR) “Attachment disorder (otherwise known as daddy issues) really […]