What’s your song?

Music is stressful. It doesn’t matter what genre, artist, band or instrument; all music is full of stress! For instance, let’s look at a standard, six-stringed guitar. Depending on the gauge, each string is under a specific amount of tension. When added all together, the guitar neck can experience around 200lbs of tension! Imagine if […]

What’s your hammer?

Personal or self identity might not be something you have intentionally thought of, but subconsciously, we have all processed the subject. Each of us has developed systems of beliefs and a sense of being that answers two big questions: who am I and what defines my value? When thought about intentionally, these questions can be […]

What are your questions?

“How do I know God is good?” This was a question that was rolling through my mind for a few weeks. I knew that God was good, but something deep within me wanted a reason as to how I knew God was good. Was it just because that’s what people told me to believe or […]

What’s Your Trigger?

When you Google “trigger”, the first thing that comes up is its definition. Starting with the noun use of the word, a trigger is “a small device that releases a spring or catch and so sets off a mechanism.” Looking at a gun, the trigger is one of the smallest components, yet it is the […]

What do you see?

A number of months ago, Liane and I watched “The Music of Silence”, a biographical film of Italian singer and songwriter, Andrea Bocelli. The film covered the entirety of his life, touching on major milestones and challenges, one of which provided me with a tangible example of what it looks like to live by faith. […]

Are you living in a dump?

One thing that really stood out to me in India was the amount of trash everywhere. It was unbelievable. People lived right next to trash dumps, with animals foraging through them to find food and children making them their playground. “Why don’t they do something about it?” I thought. “Why don’t they clean this place […]

What motivates you?

One of the things I love about the year end, is the opportunity to dream and set goals for the upcoming year. For some people, this feels daunting, but for me, thinking about the potentials in any new year fire me up! As I’ve prayed and planned for 2019, I’ve made goals in numerous areas […]

Do you need to slow down?

My pastor said the following statement in church a few weeks ago: “Sometimes, we need to slow our lives down enough to allow the Lord to catch us.” A simple statement, but quite abstract. What does it look like to slow down our lives? Immediately, when I heard those word come out of my pastor’s […]

Like Father Like Son

As a child, my dad was fascinated by moving pictures. It was unlike anything he’d ever seen before! My grandparents tell us that upon coming home from the babysitter’s house (which had a TV) my dad would act out all the shows he saw on the television. As he grew in age, his fascination continued […]

Where is your faith?

Money is an absolute necessity in our world. Without it we wouldn’t have food to eat or clothes to wear. We wouldn’t have a place to seek shelter from the elements. Without money we wouldn’t be able to get an education or practice proper hygiene. Life would be much more difficult. On the contrary, too […]