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What needs to happen for me to look back in December and consider the year a success?

What looks like consistency and commitment can sometimes be fear in disguise. Are you sticking with it because it still serves you or because it’s what you already know?

Who are you afraid of disappointing and how would your choices change if you released that fear?

If your partner or close friend could change one habit of yours, what would they choose — and why might they be right?

What would happen if we paid as much attention to these persistent delights as we pay to the annoying surprises that unfold each day?

Should we expect to be forsaken—by God or the world or both?

Yes, perhaps by the world—and we will feel forsaken by God. But in Christ, we never actually are. The pattern of the faithful is not to avoid the pit, but to find God there—even when it seems He’s gone. That’s the paradox of Psalm 88 and the passion of Jesus: the dark is not the end. It is... See more

“If you were me, what would you suggest doing?”

It is common to think about what you would like to accomplish. It is less common to think about what must be discarded to make space for your new endeavors. The time must come from somewhere. What do you need to give up to make space for what you would like to achieve?