Welcome to 50-for-50. This post is part of a collection of 50 things I’m doing involving the number 5 to celebrate my 50th trip around the sun. In this space, over the next year, I will highlight 50 of the most important things I’ve learned so far. You can sign up for a full 50-for-50 recaps here.
Goals are guides to get you moving. This is one of those lessons that it first and foremost on my mind right now, largely because I’m a month into 50-for-50 and, despite my well laid out plans and my devotion to the task, I am already finding myself impossibly behind. Why? Three reasons: Let me…
Forward and through are two essential life lessons, but they are so connected that I share them in a single post. As last week’s post on spiritual bypassing implies, the only way forward is through. So let’s break both down. Welcome to 50-for-50. This post is part of a collection of 50 things I’m doing…
Spiritual bypassing occurs when faith enables the avoidance of hard issues. While it often appears in the spiritual but not religious realm, spiritual bypassing undergirds contemporary Christian theology. Learning this, and adapting my faith accordingly, significantly changed my life. Welcome to 50-for-50. This post is part of a collection of 50 things I’m doing involving…