We all have dreams. Dreams for our relationships, dreams for our career, dreams for so many parts of our lives.

But something happens when we misunderstand the nature and responsibility of dreams. Misunderstood and misused, our dreams become...

Your doctor requires it. Your waiter expects it. Your girlfriend demands it.

Vulnerability.

Your doctor can't give you the medicine to ease your pain if you won't admit you're sick. Your waiter can't bring you the food to satisfy and silence...

If you love Disney, you're going to orient your spending around saving for a trip to Disney World. If you love skiing or snowboarding, you're going to orient your schedule around time on the slopes. Whatever you love, you're going to orient every...

Problems are unavoidable in our world. Stress is unavoidable in our world. Trials are unavoidable in our world. The temptation to lose ourselves in the problems, stresses and trials pervades our world.

But what if there's a way to overcome them...

You do it for strangers. Strangers certainly do it for you. Family, friends, acquaintances, at restaurants, online, in traffic, at the park - everyone is doing it everywhere.

What is this widespread activity permeating every area of life? Serving...

It's the holiday season. Your schedule is jammed. You're busy with shopping for food to make and take to parties. Then there's the stress of actually going to the party. You're buying thinking about what presents to get for whom. Then there's the...

You've seen them. You've made the observation. You've made the jokes.

Medication commercials that highlight their ability to address one problem spend a comedic amount of time warning of the laundry list of problems they may cause.

The Bible...

If your car breaks down you have to take it to your mechanic. If your computer isn't working properly you have to reach out to your IT department. If your coworker's negligence is undermining the project you have to go to your boss.

When this...

When you sit down to watch the movie you've been excited to see, you're not going to watch it while at a parade for many reasons - for one thing, you won't be able to hear the dialogue.

If you need to have an important, vulnerable conversation...

If a seed could talk, fear might cause it to scream as it's thrown into a field. You can hear it objecting to being buried in the dirt. You can imagine it crying out for help as the rain pounds down upon it. And if all that isn't enough, the pain...