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Nobody Asked, Alexa! #12 – Where does your inspiration come from?
Inspiration is a funny thing, isn’t it? Sometimes it strikes like lightning, and other times it’s the best hide and seek opponent you’ve ever had. And I’ll be honest… I’m not feeling particularly “inspired” today. My brain is tired. Content, but tired. So it seems a funny day to be writing about this. And yet, Continue reading
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Nobody Asked, Alexa! #11 – How are you?
If only I knew how many times I was asked this question in a week, or a month, or a year. How many times do I see it in a text, or hear it on the phone, or am asked face to face? Do I give surface level answers more frequently, or do I dive Continue reading
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Nobody Asked, Alexa! #10 – How do you wait well?
I once heard a pastor advise against asking God for patience unless you’re already in a situation that requires it. While that’s humorous, I do deeply understand what he meant—so often we want to learn things, but aren’t willing to go through the experiences required to stomach the lesson. Not sure about you, but I Continue reading
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Nobody Asked, Alexa! #9 – How do you conquer your fears?
I once heard that courage is being afraid and doing it anyway. It’s not a lack of fear or even an overcoming of it – it’s action in the face of fear. So, the idea of conquering your fears is an intriguing one. I do think it can be done, but perhaps it happens less Continue reading
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Nobody Asked, Alexa! #8 – What makes a good friend?
Friends are one of life’s most important gifts. Vital to human flourishing. We were made to have relationships with one another. Throughout all the seasons of my life, friends have been one of the key themes, rising to the surface of all my memories. They make the good times better and the bad times less Continue reading
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Nobody Asked, Alexa! #7 – How do you make the most of your time?
I’ve long been one of those people who wrestles with the feeling of running out of time. I often live beneath the pressure to make every moment count – to make it all mean something – and all too easily feel crushed by the weight of it. I fluctuate between the idea that life is Continue reading
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Nobody Asked, Alexa! #6 – How do you deal with discouragement?
The start of this week had me down, I’ll go ahead and admit it right up front. I was feeling a little sad for no apparent reason. I couldn’t tell you what triggered it or why, but I had a sense of heaviness and… you guessed it… discouragement. We get discouraged for a variety of Continue reading
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Nobody Asked, Alexa! # 5 – Where does your confidence come from?
I met with a couple women from my church a few nights ago and we had a discussion about humble confidence. Sounds a little like an oxymoron at first, right? How can a person be both humble and confident? But it got me thinking – there is a distinction between confidence and cockiness. Confidence is Continue reading
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Nobody Asked, Alexa! # 4 – Do you live with regret?
Going deep on this one. My knee jerk response? No. I don’t live with regret. Part of me even wants to go as far as saying I don’t believe in living with regret. But I think that’s an unfair and overly optimistic view of the concept. Some things are worth regretting, aren’t they? What’s the Continue reading
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Nobody Asked, Alexa! #1 – How do you rest?
For such a simple question, I find this stupidly hard to answer. Especially on a day like today. It’s Tuesday, February 4, 2025, and it’s the first day I’ve felt the freedom to completely “turn off” in two weeks. I’ve been working in production for a tv show the last two weeks, and while I Continue reading
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