These thoughts were written my 17 year old son during his year as he thought through the habits necessary to mature into a spiritual young man. In his own words, these are his ideas for spiritual habits.

Your morning habits set the tone for the day ahead. Establishing a morning routine can propel you to a successful, productive day. Unfortunately, many people allow unhealthy habits to wreck their potential for the best outcome. Read about 10 harmful habits that could sidetrack you from having your best day.

Who is in charge of your child’s spiritual training? Some parents feel that if they go to church once a week, their child will have all the training he or she needs to mature. While the church community definitely supports growth, daily learning at home is best. Sometimes when a child is grown, parents look […]

Nobody is immune to the virus of stress. All of us are vulnerable to the bacteria of stress. We all have to deal with three things that just come with life and they all cause stress. The boundaries between work and leisure, public and private, are dissolving so that we have no rest and we are forced to be time jugglers and multi-taskers. We’re all rats in the rat race. We’re all overwhelmed by all we have to do and we struggle with priorities to remember and agendas to keep under control.” Check out these ideas to get the stress out when you are stressed out!

Have you ever stopped to wonder why you and your siblings are so different from each other? Goodness, you grew up in the same family. Shouldn’t you be more like each other? Do you ever wonder as a parent why you can’t ever seem to get along with a certain child, while life is always a breeze with one of your other children? Perhaps birth order explains some of these differences.

In the silence there is a small quiet voice inviting listening with our whole being. In Whitney R. Simpson’s book Holy Listening, she emphasizes that the reality of listening to God is embodied in our breath, our body and the spirit of God. He is the giver of our life and our breath.

Finding your people is serious business. Sometime our people find us. Sometime we have to say goodby to a season and the people that we have loved. Sometimes we have find new people. Sometime we don’t know what we are looking for in friendships. Sometime we know that we need people to complete something that is deeply human in ourselves. What are some ways we can find our people?

It is critical to assess your personal health on multiple levels to ensure that you are a healthy, whole person. Several times a year it is clarifying to take inventory of yourself in the areas of physical health, mental health, relational, emotional and spiritual health. Examine yourself as a whole person to see progress along […]

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