Not again… processing yet another injustice (Guest blog by Lenz Daniel)
Jeff Chacon May 29, 2020 Note from Jeff: America is once again filled with racial tension today in the aftermath of yet another apparent case of police brutality against a black man, George Floyd. The purpose of this blog is not to address current affairs in the news, and I can assure you that is […]
The Story of Our Lives
Jeff Chacon May 25, 2020 Life, for most of us, feels like a movie we’ve arrived to forty minutes late. Sure, good things happen, sometimes beautiful things. But tragic things happen too. What does it mean? We find ourselves in the middle of a story that is sometimes wonderful, sometimes awful, usually a confusing mixture […]
I finally had to confess and ask for prayers
Jeff Chacon May 22, 2020 I kept thinking I could just repent and try again. But every day I kept falling. And every night I kept asking God for forgiveness and telling him I’d try harder the next day. Can you relate? Sure you can. We all can. For me, I was overeating. For you, […]
Have you ever thought of God as… beautiful?
Jeff Chacon May 18, 2020 The inspired poet, David, did… “One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.” (Psalm 27:4, […]
I See You
Jeff Chacon May 12, 2020 One of the worst feelings in the world is to feel that you are invisible. The feeling that others don’t see, know or care about what you’re going through can make you feel unloved and unimportant. I think that’s why the phrase, “I see you”, made popular by the 2009 […]
Care, but don’t carry
Jeff Chacon May 11, 2020 How do we care – but not carry the weight of the world on our shoulders? How do we feel the pressure of our concern for others – without that pressure crushing us under its weight? How was the Apostle Paul able to say: “I face daily the pressure of […]
Why do I get so down on myself sometimes? (Part Two)
Jeff Chacon May 7, 2020 In part one of this blog post, we identified one of the spiritual pandemics of the modern age as “self-loathing” – that nagging feeling that I don’t measure up, and I hate myself for it. As Christians, we are not immune to this malady of the soul. I talked about […]
Why do I get so down on myself sometimes?
Jeff Chacon May 4. 2020 Why does it bother me sometimes when she looks so happy in her Instagram photos? Why does my heart sink when I get up and look in the mirror in the morning? Why do I keep beating myself up for sins and failures I’ve already confessed to God and been […]
What’s God Teaching You Right Now
Jeff Chacon April 30, 2020 I’ve learned to ask myself that question regularly. Sometimes the answer comes to me quickly – like the voice of Jesus speaking directly into my heart. Other times, the answer comes slowly – like a frustrating riddle with obscure clues. Sometimes the answer comes in prayer. Sometimes it comes in […]
I Know What I Want
Jeff Chacon April 27, 2020 That’s what happens as you get older―you begin to eliminate options. The more mistakes you make, the more options you begin to eliminate, until your focus becomes narrowed, and then, eventually, that focus becomes singular. Clarity of purpose produces incredible energy. A person who knows what they want will stop […]
