Feb 15, 2026
Have you ever felt completely inadequate for a task? Yeah, me too!
Ignatius of Loyola was a vain, glory-hungry young soldier in 16th-century Spain—more interested in fame and romance than faith. Clueless about God’s calling, he chased honour on the battlefield until a cannonball shattered his leg and his plans....
Feb 14, 2026
One of the most confounding things about God is that He allows us to suffer. I wish I could give you the “whys and wherefores” of that, some concise reconciliation of a loving God and our terrible suffering, but I can’t. What I can say is that He didn’t even spare Jesus, His Son, from dying on a cross for you...
Feb 13, 2026
Sadly, many people unthinkingly acquiesce to the unhealed wounds of their past: childhood cruelty in the schoolyard, harsh words from a parent, a broken relationship, an unresolved regret. I say “unthinkingly” because in order to be set free from the hurts of the past, we need to think about them.
Allow me to be...
Feb 12, 2026
Sociopaths aside, I don’t think that there’s a one of us who doesn’t want to have great relationships. In part, that involves meeting other people’s expectations, which is fine up to a point. But when we cross that line to become a people-pleaser, life becomes miserable indeed – because they’re a fickle...
Feb 11, 2026
Have you ever found yourself comparing your life’s journey to that of others? You invariably come up short, right? They seem to have things so much better than you do. “Why do I have such a cruddy life?”
I have a friend who sold his business for mega-bucks; the sort of money that you and I can scarcely imagine....