Human beings are uniquely created to be able to communicate their thoughts and emotions in language. Expressing that language with letters or other markings can be traced back thousands of years. It would seem that there has always been something within us that recognizes the value of recording our experiences. In this column, we will...Continue Reading

If you can make a list, you can do Bullet Journaling! Bullet journaling was developed by Ryder Carroll, in response to his own Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). He describes the method in his book, “The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future.” For a quick explanation of all the how-to’s...Continue Reading

Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis, has devoted his life’s work to studying gratitude. In his research, he has discovered: Those people who keep gratitude journals, on a weekly basis, exercise more regularly, report fewer physical symptoms, are more optimistic, and feel better about their lives as a...Continue Reading

Our identity is woven into our very being. Genesis 5:1 tells us, “…When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 says that “if anyone is in Christ, they are a new person — the old is gone, and the new is come. They have a whole new identity.”...Continue Reading

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and...Continue Reading

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 We all know that we are called to forgive one another....Continue Reading