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Am I merely escaping the requirement to improve?

Seeing everyone’s end-of-year accomplishment posts or new-year's-resolutions posts on social media makes me feel small. I liked your different way of thinking about self-improvement. However, I do wonder, when measuring progress in life, is it purely between God and me, or do people around me play a role as well? Am I turning to God to escape the difficult requirement of improving?

Brandon Booth

January 18, 2024

Technologies of Change

God has given me eternal life and he is bent on making me new, but now the question is, “how does God actually change me?” One thing I know, information alone doesn’t change me. Experience of God—his presence, love, and grace—does. Just knowing that God loves me doesn’t change my desires anymore than just knowing that heart surgery exists fixes my heart. I have to actually receive the surgery.

Brandon Booth

January 16, 2024

Seriously!? THAT is good news??

This time of the year reminds me of my limitations. I become aware of my failed attempts at developing healthy habits and I realize that even the habits I have successfully cultivated haven’t magically transformed me into the person I want to be. Yet I still feel the desire to mature and become more than I am right now! So, why don’t I?

Peter Gammell

January 9, 2024

Becoming or believing? Transcending the self-improvement obsession.

It’s the time for resolutions. Time to evaluate our progress over the last year and fix our wills on some S.M.A.R.T goals for the next year. Which is all well and good. May you find success in your goals! Here, however, I invite you to pause with me and consider a few deep questions: “how am I evaluating progress in life? What final goal am I seeking to achieve?”

Brandon Booth

January 1, 2024

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