“Not Even the Weather”: 5 Holy Habits for Contentment
If comparison and envy steal your joy and self-pity puts peace to flight, this contentment challenge is for you.
How to Shine: The 10 Words That Stop My Grumbling
There’s not much I hate more than grumbling. It’s right up there with tracking mud through the house, making excuses, and lying. It’s ugly.
So you wouldn’t think I’d need the reminder.
But while I despise complaining in others, I find ways to condone it in myself. Which is exactly why these 10 words got me.
“Your grumbling is not against us but against the Lord.”
Reality hits hard. Because it doesn’t seem like my gripes against incompetent refs or frigid weather are against God.
But guess what? These 10 words tell me they are. And I don’t want to grumble against my God who does all things well. Against the God who calls me to be blameless and grumble-less and to shine.
How To See Grace In All Things & Give Thanks: 3 Stories
If you’d enjoy listening to this JoyPrO post, head to the Keep On With Abigail Wallace podcast. The 1621 Project One half their number was dead. Of the 102 who crossed on the Mayflower, only 50 remained. Of 18 married couples who embarked together, just three remained intact, and of the 15 marriages represented, one…
6 Reasons I Claim Patrick (If Protestants Pick Saints)
I am Patrick, a sinner, the most unlearned [rustic] and least of all the faithful and utterly despised by many. —Saint Patrick, Confession One Sometimes I feel less-than. When I do, it’s often because I’m painfully conscious of how uncultured I am, keenly aware of my rusticitas. Like Saint Patrick was. Cousins and friends have earned Ph.D.’s and my…