Epic Every Day

The story of the prodigal son should be renamed “Two Lost Brothers.” The sin of the older brother is his refusal to hit bottom and accept his father’s ways. Hitting bottom solves self-fragmentation,…

Do you struggle to know when to share personal things? It’s too easy to shut off connection by not sharing, but it’s also easy to shutdown connection by oversharing. We need to strike a balance betwe…

It’s a trap! It’s too easy to frame your identity around your attachments in life—to see yourself as an alcoholic, or an angry or passive person. It may feel like mindfulness because you’ve avoided …

Hitting bottom is a doorway into a more spacious place, and it only takes a second to walk through. However, hitting bottom does not automatically get your out of your emotional hole. It takes inten…

It’s time to put the shovel down and admit you’ve hit bottom! Come out of the pig pen. It’s time to accept reality: you still need God’s grace. When we refuse to hit bottom, we refuse to see ourselv…

“The whole wave knocks you over, the spray just gets you wet” ~ Tai Chi proverb. Today we’re talking about how fragmentation takes away your power and compartmentalization is really hypocrisy. Howeve…

Through faith we’re plugged into God, and this is where we get our power. It’s like an electric plug—if there’s something in between the plug and the outlet, no power is getting through. Or it’s like…

Have you ever prayed something like this: “How do you see me God? What’s really going on?” Liz says, “God made you you for a reason. Every moment you spend trying to be someone else is a wasted momen…

We discuss the spiritual application of the Tai Chi principle of relaxation. This involves the scary idea of letting go of control, of surrender. There are lots of ways to surrender, but one easy way…

Calm is not emotional suppression. It’s about having a way out of anxiety when it comes up—because anxiety is part of life. Anxiety comes when we’re unsure about the future, when we get too busy, and…

Who are we to think we’ll ever be done growing? This is how we act though, isn't it? We wait around for some stability to or some point where we’re just resting, but this is an unreal fantasy future.…

We tend too be thin-skinned. We think getting our feelings hurt is harm—that we’re being damaged. Christians need to distinguish the difference between hurt hand harm. When we approach others without…

Humiliation is really shame, but unfortunately some Christian groups tend to think of it as synonymous with humility. There’s no room in the Church for anyone to have to eat humble pie. Real humility…

“What’s so important in His sight that is needs to be done this way?” This is one of Evan’s favorite quotes and it’s all about surrender to God’s plan. Today we’re talking about gentleness. Do you tr…

Anger is a warning light on the dashboard of our emotional cars. We tend to respond in one of two ways: ignore it, or rage about it. Both are destructive and an attempt to control outcomes. Both feel…

Jesus says the truth shall set you free, not niceness. God, our perfect father, has a more long-term growth plan designed for us, full of goodness and grace. Things like reproof, correction, and teac…

Goodness, in the biblical sense, is often unpopular. It’s constantly pushing for growth and change. It’s a light exposing things about ourselves we don’t like. There is an edge to goodness that is op…

What does it look like to want what’s really good for another person? To act in a good way toward them? Part of it is laying down your desire to be right all the time and picking up a desire for them…

Goodness in action sometimes feels bad, because it may be rebuke or a correction of some kind; we need to change and God’s goal is to help us change and grow. The things we’re really after in life, l…

When God is good to us, we change. We grow. When we’re good to each other, it causes growth and change too. Eph 2:10 says God has created good works for you to do in your life, so what are those good…