"It sometimes seems like the game-plan...is to just keep enough stuff in front of us to where we don’t pursue what’s real.... We don’t need to commit these terrible sins... to miss out.... It’s actually become much easier than that... Just distract us." thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

Sometimes tuning things out might be the trick to tuning in to what God has for us. New blog Tuesday: Headphones thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

"Brennan Manning once wrote, 'None of us has ever seen a motive.' That’s really what we’re talking about here. It’s so incredibly difficult to make a judgment because we have no idea what that other person is thinking." thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

We make judgments at our own expense. It doesn't have to be that way. New blog Tuesday: What's What thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

"Maybe... when we did as Jesus said, was that we proved ourselves faithful. Maybe it was about our being able to do just as he said. Maybe his instruction was just for us to experience the joy of being faithful." thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

Sometimes it's not so much about what's being asked, but who is doing the asking. New blog Tuesday: Because You Say So thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

Skinny Ray 4eva #Braves

Skinny Ray 4eva #Braves

"I would never wish disappointment on anybody. But how else do we grow through hard stuff? We have to experience it. We have to go through it. Because to go through it is to grow through it." New blog Tuesday on Wednesday: Disappointment Education thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

Could life's disappointments be subtly preparing us for bigger and better things? New blog Tuesday: Disappointment Education thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

“Don’t let your chatter… misinformation… lack of truth… become something that compromises the calling God’s placed on your life.” New blog Tuesday on Wednesday: Small Town Talk thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

What does the way we handle everyday chatter say about the truth we claim to carry? New blog Tuesday: Small Town Talk thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

"There is no neutral corner in your human encounters, no antiseptic arena in which ‘nobody else is hurt’ or ‘nobody else knows about it.’ You either make people a little better, or leave them a little worse." New blog Tuesday on Wednesday: Perception thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

Sometimes things are not as they seem––and that can be a wonderful thing. New blog Tuesday: Perception thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

"The problem in looking for gods in men is that Odysseus’ words are absolutely proven true: you will be disappointed. Almost every single time." New blog Tuesday on Wednesday: Odysseus' Wisdom thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

We can often place too much weight on the shoulders of others, to the detriment of both them and ourselves. New blog Tuesday: Odysseus' Wisdom thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

C.S. Lewis said, “Aim at heaven and you will get earth ‘thrown in’; aim at earth and you get neither.” New blog Tuesday on Wednesday: The Long Game thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

The habits we are practicing today are forming the person we're going to be tomorrow. New blog Tuesday: The Long Game thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

“Yes––reconciliation is God’s business. And his partners in his efforts happen to be me and you.” God makes his appeal to the world through us. Isn’t that wild? New blog Tuesday on Wednesday: Reconciled thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…

God is in the business of reconciling the world to himself. The wildest part is that he calls us to help out. New blog Tuesday: Reconciling thisjoshrouse.wordpress.com/…