Author: Stephen Cervantes

  • A Lesson on Rest

    A Lesson on Rest

    Do you know how to rest? Merriam-Webster defines rest as freedom from activity or labor, and engaging in peace of mind and spirit. We are discussing rest in contrast to being busy and doing things. More importantly, rest is not distraction, entertainment, or escaping.

  • Merely Talking

    Merely Talking

    Do you know the difference between talking and dialogue?

  • How Important is Faith?

    How Important is Faith?

    Faith in God has always been important to our family. God always had a place in our childhood home. My father was a man of Faith. My mother loved her Bible. Dad was raised Catholic. Mom was raised Protestant.

  • Connection

    Connection

    Pete Scazzero, pastor, speaker, and author of Emotionally Healthy Discipleship described his early years in ministry.

  • A Plan to Start

    A Plan to Start

    I have been thinking. Reading a new blog a day may be overwhelming. My hope is every reader is working on emotional and spiritual growth. Still a blog a day might be challenging.

  • Unoffendable

    Unoffendable

    Today I am reminding myself of a mission that I started in the recent past. I want to be unoffendable.

  • Check Engine

    Check Engine

    You have a Dashboard with green and red lights. How green is your Dashboard? And how many concerning red lights are flashing?

  • The Fear Engine

    The Fear Engine

    Fear drives all unhealthy behavior. You will have to dig down into your soul, but if you look, you will find fear drives all negative behavior.

  • Prompting to Grow Emotionally

    Prompting to Grow Emotionally

    There will be three significant times you will be asked to work on growth and change.

  • Giving Thanks

    Giving Thanks

    Give thanks. In all things, give thanks. All day long give thanks. As you go through your day today, give thanks.

  • Hope for Change

    Hope for Change

    What we say to ourselves can help or hinder change.

  • Emotional Health

    Emotional Health

    Pete Scazzero wrote several books on emotional health. His recent work is challenging leaders to work on emotional health.