Finding God’s Will :: Part 2

Finding the will of God for major decisions in your life can be challenging. In my E-paper, Six Steps for Finding God’s Will, I discuss this very idea. The first step in finding the will of God is to peel away, or distance yourself from, your own self-will. You’re right. It’s not that simple. But the process can be powerful! Lets take a closer look. When Jesus found himself in Gethsemane, He was a nervous...

Six Steps for Finding God’s Will

In the 1950’s, Mattel (the toy company) created the Magic Eight-Ball. Now, I wasn’t around then, but decades later when I was a kid, those toys surfaced in garage sales from time to time. (Now they’re stored in museums.) This is how the Magic Eight-Ball was used… Suppose a boy had a crush on Jenny, the cute girl that sat next to him in second grade. He asked the eight-ball, “Will I marry Jenny someday?” After violently shaking the...

The Power of Secrets

When my wife Stephanie and I began dating twenty years ago, the relationship moved at warp speed, driven by good looks (hers) and deep conversation (a team effort). We spent long hours together, trusting each other with our most treasured thought-gems; our dreams and successes, insecurities and failures. The more we revealed our innermost secrets, the deeper the bond grew. Each deep-thought transfer carried a piece of heart and soul...