5 Sure Ways To Impact Your Community With Sports
Growing up, I did a lot of sports. I played soccer, was a track and field athlete and was in general always active. As a matter of fact, sports was one of the places I got the most mentorship and help from, besides my parents and at church. But, as I entered into...
How To Get The Most Out Of Seasons In Life
This post contains affiliate links to products and services we personally recommend. It helps us keep my blog up and running. Read the disclosure policy for more details. I often hear people talk about being in a “season” in their life. A season is a time...
My 5 Rules For The Ambitious Go-Getter
You are ambitious and have the aspiration to reach your dreams? To reach your dreams, you'll have to live by a higher set of rules. These rules are meant to keep us in the game and to sharpen us when we plateau. These are not rules I do myself perfectly yet. Sometimes...
The Challenge Of Vulnerability After Having Sinned
One of the things I struggle with as a Christian is the fact that I don’t deserve my salvation. No, I received my salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, which is the most beautiful thing in the world! However, it also makes all my efforts to earn salvation obsolete....
7 Fantastic Ways To Bless Your Neighbor
"Love Thy Neighbor As Yourself" One of the things that inspire me a lot is kindness and unexpected acts of love. I have a great group of friends that all live by the principle of “blessing locally.” Loving the people in my community is a conviction that...
How Love Resulted In Massive Block Party
A little while back I got to be part of something incredible; something I could only have dreamed of pulling off. At the time was living in an affordable housing project, volunteering as a missionary. My neighbors were pacific islanders, and they happened to have a...
God’s Answer On How To Deal With Pain And Struggles
I spent over a decade in Christian Missions traveling around the world often to help people in real misfortune. For this reason, I have seen a lot of calamity, pain, and adversity. Also, I have seen a lot of different ways to deal with difficult situations.A few years...
12 Easy Tips On How To Read More Books
The number of books the average person reads yearly has drastically decreased in the recent years. However, some of the most avid readers are CEO’s and educated, affluent women. Maybe reading is a way of ensuring success in life?Why should we read more?We tell...
What Matthew Taught Me About Grace
In this last year I've been studying the Gospel of Matthew and what the book teaches about the Kingdom of God. It's a book I have read many times now, and I have been moved by some of my newer discoveries. Hidden to those who weren't looking One of the things I've...
5 Simple Advice To Boost Your Church’s Missional Focus
When I first began my missional journey I was very naive. I didn't think there where any other way to be missional other than sending missionaries to rural or impoverished locations. Since I wanted to make a difference in the world, I decided to get training and go...
Five Winning Attitudes For A Successful Edge
Recently, I have been on a roll. I have accomplished many of my life goals, I have conquered many of my fears, and I am so motivated that I continue to plan and envision a good and successful life in the future. I make no apology for bragging since the taste of...
7 Ways To Stay Spiritually Active In The Offseason
Lately, I have been in an “offseason.” By that, I mean that I haven’t been actively involved in running missional school programs or been active with a church program. After years of missions, serving, leading ministry, coaching, and studying, I found myself,...
13 thing I did to plan our own wedding (on a budget)
At my wedding, I was my own wedding planner. We couldn’t afford to spend $18.000 on our wedding (yes, that’s what it costs to get a wedding planner in Hawaii), so I planned our wedding. From the day Jeff and I got engaged we had 10 months to plan my...