Aug 4, 2020 | Breakthrough, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Spiritual Formation
We’ve been in a few prayer sessions, you probably have too, where someone breaks into a rant about something standing in the way of God’s plan. It’s usually a person, circumstance, or the evil one they’re sure is preventing our group from doing great things for God....
Apr 20, 2020 | Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Pain/Suffering
If there’s one word that encapsulates the times we’re living in now, it’s uncertainty. And there’s nothing like uncertainty to make us question who we are, what we’re supposed to be doing and pretty much the whole point of our existence. The two of us know a bit about...
Nov 14, 2018 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Pain/Suffering, Post Shows & More, Relationships, setbacks
In this podcast Episode 68, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to forgive the one who has hurt you. Listen to the Audio Here is a brief summary of today’s episode of “The Live True Podcast.” You can use this as a reference or reminder of key things you feel like...
Oct 9, 2018 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts
As I write this we’re waiting on test results for two precious women in our family who are having health issues. The symptoms appear serious for both. Waiting to learn what’s going on is excruciating. And all the possibilities of what could be wrong have kept me...
Sep 24, 2018 | Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Recovery, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to forgive life for what it hands us. The reason why we have to learn to forgive life for what it hands us is that so much of it is beyond our control. We have accidents, health issues, discouragement,...
Sep 11, 2018 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Spiritual Formation
“Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour, increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human...
Aug 14, 2018 | Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Imperfection, Pain/Suffering, setbacks
How do you forgive the unforgivable when you’ve done something that has been destructive either to yourself and/or to others? One winter a father asked his son to help shovel the snow in their driveway. The son refused and went to hang out with his friends instead....
Aug 7, 2018 | Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, setbacks, Spiritual Formation
Written by Caron Loveless In the news today, a man in our area, an expert swimmer, was out in a lake and called for help. The jet skis and boat that tried to rescue him couldn’t reach him in time. They are still looking for his body. His wife was there when it...
May 16, 2018 | Emotional Health/Healing, Intimacy, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering
Most married people employ “strategies” for getting their spouse to do what they want them to do, whether they are aware of them or not. Often these are losing strategies that don’t bring us the kind of satisfaction we really want. Here are five winning strategies...
Apr 11, 2018 | Breakthrough, Devotional, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to live in freedom and joy, even when life doesn’t go your way. Jesus continues to teach us much about how to live each day with a YES toward life, instead of a NO. Listen to the Audio Here is a brief...
Mar 19, 2018 | Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Spiritual Formation
“No good can come from watering last years crops.” Francis Anfuso We do it all the time. We tend phantom crops in the non-existent fields of our past. That awful moment, that loss, that person who slighted us or rejected us or abandoned us- we can’t get it out of our...
Feb 19, 2018 | Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Imperfection, Leadership, Pain/Suffering, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss why all of us have heard about good spiritual people who have failed in some way. Often when we hear of it, we’re appalled or astounded or discouraged because we somehow believed they were superhuman...
Oct 17, 2017 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to grow receptive when you feel most resistant, to what is happening to you, to others, or in your circumstances. Someone has said, “What we resist persists.” Resistance is a pretty good sign...
Oct 12, 2017 | Ambition, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Imperfection, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
The other day someone on Twitter put out this question, “What do you think are the most common self-inflicted wounds?” They were targeting leaders but I think it’s a great question for all of us to ponder. Here were some of the replies: –...
Jul 18, 2017 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Holiday stress, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Recovery, Relationships
“In the madness, you have to stay calm.” Lupita Nyong’o Life has a way of amping our stress and stealing our peace. Here are a few of the ways we reclaim calm and work from our rest. 1) Tame the inner critic A good portion of our stress comes...
May 30, 2017 | Assets, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
Some years ago, I found myself working crazy hard, making what felt like near blood sacrifices in all my relationships and responsibilities but getting little appreciation or reward for my effort. After a long season of feeling underappreciated a subtle attitude of...
May 24, 2017 | Breakthrough, Church/Religion, Emotional Health/Healing, Identity, Imperfection, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
In our interview today, David Loveless continues his conversation with Paul Young. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Shack, Cross Roads, and Eve, and the Lies we Believe about God. His books have sold more than 24 million copies worldwide. A...
May 3, 2017 | Breakthrough, Church/Religion, Devotional, Emotional Health/Healing, Identity, Imperfection, Pain/Suffering, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
In our interview today, David Loveless talks with Paul Young. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Shack, Cross Roads, and Eve, and the Lies we Believe about God. His books have sold more than 24 million copies worldwide. A major motion picture of...
Apr 4, 2017 | Clarity, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation, Wisdom
Every happy sailor knows “how to take what the wind hands you” and say YES to it. If you don’t, you suffer because of it. Over the years, I’ve gotten to do a lot of sailing on the ocean, often for days at a time. More often than not, during...
Mar 13, 2017 | Ambition, Breakthrough, Church/Religion, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Identity, Pain/Suffering, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
If religion or others have put a “beat down” on you, then listen to part 2 of our interview with Richard Rohr. If you’ve been taught or believed that God still needs you to keep improving and He’ll never be fully satisfied with you, then listen...
Feb 15, 2017 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More
David Loveless & Caron Loveless share today a very simple pattern that can help YOU immediately pinpoint where you are on your spiritual path. It can also help you understand what’s up in from of your life journey. This pattern can also help YOU find...
Dec 8, 2016 | Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
The loss of someone close brings us so many wake up calls. This week marks the second year without my sister, Leslie Chandler Robinson. Her passing has left an unthinkable void in my life and, along with this new reality, has come a number of valuable realignments in...
Nov 2, 2016 | Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Parenting, Personal Development, Post Shows & More
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how our family of origin affects marriage and what systems they create, that you need to know. Each of our family systems significantly impacts the way we learn to relate. They set up our relational patterns...
Nov 1, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships
In a few weeks, I get the honor of officiating at the wedding of a couple Caron and I have been counseling. It has me reflecting on countless ceremonies I’ve conducted over almost four decades and on all the love-struck couples everywhere who get impacted by one...
Oct 4, 2016 | Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to respond to the question: “How are you doing?” We believe that a part of spiritual and emotional health begins when we’re able to name which cycle of life we are in… and that the categories of winning...
Sep 22, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to overcome the one thing that hijacks our peace and is the single greatest destroyer of relationships. Listen to the Audio Here is a brief summary of today’s episode of “The Live True Podcast.” You can...
Sep 19, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
“An expectation is a resentment under construction.” Anne Lamott People don’t treat us like they should. Circumstances don’t turn out like we plan. Co-workers don’t come through like they promise. Friends aren’t there when we need...
Sep 8, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Identity, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
“From the moment we wake up to the time our heads hit the pillow, we live out of a story we’ve come to believe about ourselves. This storyline thrives in our minds subconscious which is why we’re often unaware of many of our own self-defeating patterns of behavior....
Aug 31, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation, Stress
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to benefit from becoming more aware and getting a better handle on the types of undesirable thinking that plague us regularly. Probably one of THE most helpful insights we’ve been given in recent...
Aug 29, 2016 | Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
By David & Caron Loveless Even though you have thousands of them every day you are not your thoughts. And the more you can learn to observe and question your thoughts the healthier and more successful you will become. Here are ten negative thinking patterns we...
Aug 17, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
In this new podcast episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how seeing resistance in life, is your pathway to growth. Right at the point of our most resistance, to what life seems to be bringing us, is a beautiful place to see God. It is there God is inviting us...
Aug 15, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
By David & Caron Loveless We most often expect to find God in moments of peace, love, and joy. While that is true- it is also true that God is present and at work, in the times we feel most resistant. Someone has said, “What we resist persists.”...
Aug 2, 2016 | Breakthrough, Imperfection, Pain/Suffering, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
God is all about relationships. And to prove it, every single thing Jesus ever taught, according to him, can be summed up in just two commandments: #1) Love God #2) Love others as you love yourself As you love yourself… Many of us have heard (or given ) what...
Jun 14, 2016 | Assets, Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Inspiration, Leadership, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Recovery
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Apr 19, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Recovery, Spiritual Formation
Not long ago, I was asked to speak at a church and just before I brought the message the worship team led us in a song that featured a violin. Later, I learned that violin was being played by a girl named Mariana, who was one of the top young violinists in Romania. As...
Apr 6, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
Over the course of my life, things have happened to me, people have done things to me that have frightened me, angered me and broken my heart. I had legitimate hurt worthy of comfort and understanding. Replaying the tapes of the wrongs that were done became my...
Mar 30, 2016 | Breakthrough, Church/Religion, Devotional, Failure, Leadership, Life storms, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David Loveless talks about how good news is birthed in harsh places. Listen to the Audio Here is a brief summary of today’s episode of “The Live True Podcast.” You can use this as a reference or reminder of key things you feel like you need...
Mar 23, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Devotional, Easter, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Good Friday, Life storms, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Recovery, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to live through and actually cooperate with both little and big deaths or losses throughout our lives, so something even larger and more fulfilling can emerge from it all… and how the resurrection shows...
Mar 22, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Easter, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
There is always one question that most compels and convicts me whenever I read about the resurrection of Jesus, and it’s this: “Why do you look for the living among the dead?” The scripture says two men that “gleamed like lightning”...
Mar 16, 2016 | Easter, Good Friday, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Quotes, Spiritual Formation
If you are in any way familiar with the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus, like we are, you know how easy it can be to walk through this Holy season on spiritual auto-pilot. As someone we know has said, ” What else can we possibly say about the most...
Mar 9, 2016 | Assets, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Life Plan, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David Loveless interviews Dave Rhodes about how to discover the unique purpose that God has wired into your story. We’re are going to talk about how God intersects our: Name; Narrative; and Nine to five lives to show the world around us the...
Mar 8, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Imperfection, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
When the abstract paintings of Jackson Pollock were first introduced people said, that’s not art. It’s too weird, too chaotic. Everyone hated his work. No one would buy it. “What a mess,” they said. “My two year old could do that.”...
Mar 1, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Parenting, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Recovery
In this very emotional podcast episode, David Loveless interviews Francis Anfuso on how we can see further healing from wounds that initially came from our parents. Francis grew up in an extremely difficult home that people throughout the country thought would have...
Feb 22, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Inspiration, Leadership, Life storms, Loss, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Recovery, Relationships
What I’m about to share with you is deeply personal. This is the first time I’ve shared it publicly. And I’m a little anxious because once it’s out there, it’s out there. But I’m motivated. I believe what could come from it is...
Feb 15, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation, Stress, Wisdom
We have always been the kind of people who were zealous to grow and gain mastery in our attitudes, actions and relationships. We kept the latest books on our nightstand, in our brief case and on our Kindle. You could find us perched on the front row at cutting-edge...
Feb 10, 2016 | Assets, Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation, Wisdom
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to use a specific tool that can bring personal clarity and see quantum internal shifts that give you the ability to dramatically improve your emotional, spiritual, professional and relational life. ...
Feb 9, 2016 | Assets, Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation, Wisdom
It’s hard to imagine what life was like before X-rays, MRI’s and brain scans. Thanks to these incredible detection devices we can now know what ails us with pinpoint accuracy. Wouldn’t it be great to have a similar tool for our souls? A tool that can...
Jan 4, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Inspiration, Leadership, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation, Wisdom
So, how did we do? WordPress.com just sent us their “annual report” for youlivetrue.com and here are some of the cool things they told us about your preferences in 2015: * The Live True blog was viewed about 17,000 times. The Sydney Opera House...
Dec 7, 2015 | Assets, Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Inspiration, Intimacy, Leadership, Life storms, Loss, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Recovery, Spiritual Formation, Stress
The following is an excerpt from our new ebook that is available beginning today. This book is a a very candid, behind the scenes look, at the journey of transformation that we’ve been on the last several years, and the things we’ve learned that can help...
Dec 1, 2015 | Assets, Breakthrough, Devotional, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
To connect and be close to God is really the most natural thing in the world. Unfortunately, religion has often made it complicated and un-natural. Here is just one of five simple ways you can use to bring an extraordinary God into your ordinary day. Meeting God...
Nov 9, 2015 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Life storms, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
I am always surprised when I meet a truly humble person – first, because it is such a rare event. But, what I’ve noticed just getting around them is I feel instantly drawn in. Maybe, this is because, for a few minutes, at least, their calming presence...
Nov 4, 2015 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Pain/Suffering, Post Shows & More, Relationships
Why is saying we’re sorry; asking forgiveness; admitting we’re wrong, so painfully difficult? Here is a brief summary of today’s episode of “The Live True Podcast.” You can use this as a reference or reminder of key things you feel like you need to pay attention to...
Oct 28, 2015 | Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
To listen to today’s podcast, simply click on the “play” button on the podcast player above OR if you’ve already subscribed to “The Live True Podcast” then the episode can be accessed through either your Apple or Android device, in your podcast app. Here is a brief...
Oct 21, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation, Stress
To listen to today’s podcast, simply click on the “play” button on the podcast player above OR if you’ve already subscribed to “The Live True Podcast” then the episode can be accessed through either your Apple or Android device, in your podcast app. Here is a brief...
Oct 12, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development
These days we spend a lot of time coaching and counseling people who are trying to grow through some area of their life that is not working. Their work world or personal life is not moving as fluid as they’d like and they’ve come to us to figure out...
Oct 8, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Leadership, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
To listen to today’s podcast, simply click on the “play” button on the podcast player above, OR if you’ve already subscribed to The Live True Podcast then the episode can be accessed through either your Apple or Android device in your podcast app. (If...
Oct 6, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Recovery
Listening to the voice in my head has caused me a lot of suffering. You know the voice I’m talking about. Throughout the day it shows up, uninvited, and hijacks your thoughts. The voice dishes out color commentary about you and other people or situations....
Sep 30, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships
Subscribe to Podcast in iTunes To listen to today’s podcast, simply click on the “play” button on the podcast player above OR if you’ve already subscribed to “The Live True Podcast” then the episode can be accessed through either your apple or android device, in your...
Sep 10, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Stress
Like a lot of people, I’ve been detoxing my life. More and more I’m “going green” in my food, cosmetics & cleaning supplies. And, I was just starting to feel proud of myself until I learned there’s one thing that could totally wipe out even the best...
Aug 20, 2015 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Life storms, Loss, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Recovery
If you don’t mind my getting a little personal… or even if you do mind, I’m going to anyway. Let me get personal about me and my story… and then I want to get personal about you and your story. I’ve got something extraordinary to celebrate. Caron and I are...
Aug 4, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
Awhile back, Caron and I spent some time looking at our life stories. You’d think as long as we’ve known each other we’d have the details down by now. Yeah, the main events had been told and retold for years. But, in telling our stories we had...
Jul 22, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Inspiration, Leadership, Life storms, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
True confession: I’m a quote hoarder. I underline, dog-ear, highlight, copy and paste other people’s wisdom several times a day. I keep 3×5 cards in my purse and scribble quotes in the dark at the movies. I say, “Ooooh that’s a good one.” A lot. And I’ve...
Jul 2, 2015 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
Several years ago, I was honored to share the platform at a “Better Man” event with Kennan Burch. It was there I first heard his captivating story and a powerful metaphor that has encouraged me so many times over the last few years. Kennan has since become a...
Jun 16, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Leadership, Life storms, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Recovery, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
I’ve spent some time in the desert. One August friends loaned us their home in Palm Desert. Daily temperatures were around 114 degrees. When I went looking for a tennis partner I was told no one played past 11:00am. Just breathing was a chore in that kind of...
Jun 4, 2015 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Recovery, Spiritual Formation
Over the course of my life things have happened to me, people have done things to me that have frightened me, angered me and broken my heart. I had legitimate hurt worthy of comfort and understanding. Replaying the tapes of the wrongs that were done became my...
May 22, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
Not long ago, David and I were having one of those little “discussions” that couples/friends/co-workers/parents/siblings/ humans have from time to time. And somewhere in the middle of our slightly energized chat we realized both of us were saying pretty...
May 13, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Loss, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Parenting, Recovery, Relationships
In the early days of processing my husband’s betrayal I rejected his vehement declarations that went something like this: “Even though I did this, you need to believe me, I never, ever stopped loving you.” Yeah, right. There was no way I was buying...
Apr 30, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships, Stress
I’m coming to see that a great deal of my stress is not caused by circumstances beyond my control – but by my own need to control my circumstances. I could give you a ton of examples of this ( and so could those brave, intrepid souls who have worked and...
Apr 27, 2015 | Breakthrough, Failure, Leadership, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development
Every leader I know wants to get it right. We have incredibly high expectations for ourselves . We pretty much think we should do it well and get it right the first time – every time. As a result, we often expect the same from those we lead. So… how’s...
Apr 16, 2015 | Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Recovery, Spiritual Formation, Uncategorized
In the early months of the worst crisis of my life, God went AWOL. Seriously. I was in shambles and God was a no show. Thanks, I told God, for feeling the freedom to high tail it out of here leaving me to fend for myself in this snake infested quicksand of...
Apr 3, 2015 | Devotional, Easter, Good Friday, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Recovery, Spiritual Formation
Here’s a very personal video message from us for Easter weekend. We hope you’ll use it as some part of your own private reflections. May you receive a significant breakthrough as you acknowledge The One Who Shows Us The Way in everything. Click this...
Oct 17, 2014 | Breakthrough, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development
Many Christians fervently believe in Jesus’ bodily resurrection but never allow the resurrection of their own hearts. Carl Jung said, “ What happens in the life of Christ happens always and everywhere.” When I use the word resurrection, I am not talking about...
Sep 8, 2014 | Breakthrough, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships
The other night, Caron and I had a little birthday celebration with our long time friends; Brian and Lorrie Ann. Lorrie Ann and I share the same birthday and during the appetizers Brian got the idea for each of us to share one word that described each decade of our...
Jul 26, 2014 | Breakthrough, Failure, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Recovery, Relationships
There are teachers, and then there are master teachers. Richard Rohr has been one of the most profound & enlightening voices in our journey of the last 2-3 years. His influence crosses denominations and we believe the impact of his life and writing will continue...
Jul 16, 2014 | Breakthrough, Failure, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Recovery
In my relentless pursuit of happiness, one of the things I missed along the way, was this counter intuitive principle from Jesus that, sometimes, to obtain the best of life we must go through the worst of it. In last week’s guest blog, my friend, Mike Breen,...
Jul 11, 2014 | Breakthrough, Failure, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Recovery
If you’re like me, you’d rather read a blog like “36 Ways to Be Happy in Jesus” than “How to Die on a Cross.” But my friend, Mike Breen, has written a phenomenal post I want you to read because it 1) speaks so deeply & truly to...
Jun 26, 2014 | Breakthrough, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves Carl Jung by Caron Loveless True confession: Sometimes I get “activated.” Someone or something pushes my buttons and I really show myself, as my granny used to say. Whenever...
Apr 19, 2014 | Breakthrough, Failure, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Recovery, Relationships
Recently, my husband, David, and I saw the movie Noah. And while it appears to many the writer took a few liberties with his biblical interpretation there was a moment when I grabbed my phone to capture this line from Russell Crowe: “ The storm cannot be stopped, but...
