It was a Sunday afternoon: not my usual time to take a run, but I was feeling a little overwhelmed with life... Do you ever feel that way? My Sunday norm is usually reading a book or taking a nap for an hour or so in the bedroom. But, on this Sunday I knew I needed…

I've been thinking a lot lately about what I call "perceived scarcity." It's hard to define it with words because... it's a feeling. It's the feeling I get when I write out our budget at the beginning of the month, and I feel anxious about not putting enough into savings. It's the longing I sometimes…

The turtle was slowly making his way across the side of our yard when Lily and I pulled into the driveway Monday morning. I quickly got out of the car! (Though I don't know why I thought I needed to move fast since the turtle was in no hurry.)  I got Lily out of the car…

To protect the guilty, I'll avoid going into too specific details, but someone made me really angry...Not "lose-my-temper-explode-and-go-to-jail" angry, but just plain-everyday angry; more of a deep frustration.This is where a carefully-crafted scathing text or email comes in handy. I've already written it out in my head, and it's beautiful.But it will never get sent.Why?…

I love coffee.  It was an acquired taste to begin with, but through the years it has grown to a great morning pleasure. It started out with the simple lure of the coffee smell. The smell of whole coffee beans holds a strange comfort.  But upon first taste it proved bitter in its allure; however,…

How do you respond to fear? Do you avoid it or face it? In this episode of Passive No More, Jennifer talks about how she deals with fear, specifically, the notorious "What ifs". Music: www.bensound.com.

Have you ever felt discouraged by a habit you just can't seem to kick: one of those areas where you can't win for losing? In this episode of Passive No More, Josh shows you how to win! Really. Music: www.bensound.com.

In this session of The Passive No More Audio Blog, Jennifer talks about what to do when you start something new, and everything goes wrong. Music: www.bensound.com. Get the full blog at www.passivenomore.com/blog010 and remember: You can do anything for 10 days!

I was listening to a podcast by Craig Groeschel from LifeChurch.tv and something he said really caught my attention. He said "Your strengths may impress people, but your weaknesses connect you to them." That's kind of where I'm going with today's article - I'm going to share with you where Jennifer and I are in our…

I was sitting in a meeting last week with a man I'd just met, and I noticed how cool he looked - nice haircut; cool pattern on his untucked dress shirt; slightly worn jeans with stylish holes in them - you know the kind of holes that are put there on purpose by the manufacturer.  And…