Procrastination's hidden costs. Photo of a girl burning money. Photo by JP Valery via Unsplash.

5 Things Procrastination Will Cost You and How to Fight it

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(This article first appeared at Crosswalk.com) Procrastination can cost you. The pandemic gave procrastinators an excellent source of excuses, many legitimate. In fact, I meant to write this article sooner but, you know, the quarantine and Hamilton on Disney+ and all. Those of us who struggle with procrastination can become adept rationalizers. Miss a deadline? We’ll just hit the “extended … Read More

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God Doesn’t Give Us Courage

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God often gives us strength, but he invites us to take courage. Here are 8 tips on how to do that. (This article appears on Crosswalk.com and the Salem Network.) “But on the night immediately following, the Lord stood at (Paul’s) side and said, ‘Take courage; for as you have solemnly witnessed to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must … Read More

Resisting Your Calling Can Lead to Depression

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(Note: This article also appeared at RelevantMagazine.com ) Jonah may be one of the oddest books in the Bible. A man lives in the stomach of a fish for days, humongous vegetation grows overnight, a whole city repents simultaneously. But this verse always struck me as especially strange: “Meanwhile Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel … Read More