Afraid + Brave = Courage

Afraid + Brave = Courage

Poor 2020. The year has been maligned with so much turmoil that has scared off courage. Or has it? Being afraid reminds me of some scary times in my childhood. Maybe you can relate. Gulp. Being double-dog dared by your two older brothers ups the ante when it comes to...
Keep Calm. Step Up.

Keep Calm. Step Up.

Her glazed and dazed look still startles me. Keep calm. Step up. Her darting eyes cast a more gripping fear than catching the novel coronvirus. The elderly woman scanning the empty shelves at Walmart the other night reminds me of me in another twenty-five years. Oh,...
Fear or Forward On?

Fear or Forward On?

Worry and panic are clawing into everyone’s psyche these days as COVID-19 creates scary headlines around the globe. But the novel coronavirus is not exactly the horrific bubonic plaque of the 1300s that killed an estimated 75 million to 100 million throughout Europe....
When Fear Creeps Us Out

When Fear Creeps Us Out

Roll the scary music. Woooeeeee woooooohhhh. What is there about the eerie haunted houses, zombie-like ghouls, and spine-chilling Halloween tales that creep us out so much? I vividly remember one of my most frightful nights as a preteen. My parents were out with...

The Antidote to Fear

Fear has a way of bulldozing its way into our lives. Uninvited. Unwilling to leave. Fear keeps us sidelined and imprisoned in puny thinking. Author Max Lucado shares the following poignant thoughts on the pervasiveness of fear and how courage and faith counter our...