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This past Friday, I retired. For more than 40 years, I had a simple answer when people asked: "What do you do?" But what happens when that chapter ends? This week I'm reflecting on identity, retirement, family, purpose, and the most important truth I've discovered: The most important thing about me isn't what I do. It's whose I am. A child of God. And that's an identity that never retires.

What if the giant causing you fear isn't out there... but living inside your own mind? One of my readers recently asked me that question, and I've been reflecting on it ever since. Paul's answer wasn't "try harder." It was: "Present your requests to God." Maybe the path to peace isn't gaining more control. Maybe it's surrendering the illusion of control to the One who has it already.

Maybe our prayers are too small. Throughout Scripture, God moved powerfully when ordinary people prayed bold, impossible prayers with complete confidence in Him. Pentecost reminds us that the same Spirit who empowered the early Church still lives in us today.

We all have a thorn. Something we wish God would remove. Something we’ve asked Him to take away. Maybe more than once. Paul had one too. And God’s answer wasn’t explanation. It was grace. This is what God told Paul, and what He tells us today: “My grace is sufficient for you.”

**What if the Christian life is about more than obligation? More than trying harder? What if one of the deepest truths of Scripture is this: God actually wants us to enjoy Him?**

**We live in a world that never slows down. But Jesus did something different— He rested… even in the middle of a storm. What if the rest we’re looking for isn’t found in stopping life… but in trusting God within it?**

**“You are not worthy.” That lie shows up more often than we think. But God tells a very different story about who we are.**

**The world can feel overwhelming. But what carried the disciples wasn’t “somehow”… it was the Spirit. And that same power lives in you.**

**Easter is over… now what? What if the resurrection isn’t just something we celebrate— but something we’re meant to live into every day?**

**Christ is risen. And somehow… He didn’t rise alone. A reflection on resurrection, doubt, and the strange, beautiful reality that dead things don’t always stay dead.**

**If I had been there that day… would I have spoken up—or stood silently? A Good Friday reflection on the cross, our response, and the love that chose to stay.**

**He had all power in His hands… and He picked up a towel. A Maundy Thursday reflection on the kind of love that actually changes the world.**

From “Hosanna” to the cross—how does faith fade so quickly? And what does it look like to have a faith that stays? A Holy Week reflection on returning to Jesus instead of running from Him.

How do you recognize God’s voice when it isn’t loud or obvious? Sometimes His guidance feels less like a command—and more like a quiet nudge. A reflection on learning to listen for God in everyday life.

Spiritual growth isn’t something we force. Jesus said fruit grows naturally when we remain connected to Him. A reflection on abiding in Christ and the quiet way God changes us over time.

Faith that lasts isn’t forced—it grows through rhythms. Jesus invites us to learn the “unforced rhythms of grace.” What might that look like in everyday life?

When God feels slow, it’s tempting to interpret delay as distance. But what if what feels like slowness is actually divine patience? In this reflection, I explore how trusting God’s “fullness of time” shifts our faith from urgency to peace — and how His patience shapes both our character and our timing.