Author: Justin N. Poythress

  • A true friend knows how to wound you

    April 21, 2022
    It is not the act of wounding you that qualifies somebody as your friend; rather it is the quality of…
  • Dealing with false accusations

    April 7, 2022
    In our world, name-calling and labeling is often a shortcut substitute for the hard labor of moral reasoning. You can…
  • Wearing out your welcome

    March 24, 2022
    As much as we might wish this was not the case, and plead the contrary, we conduct all our relationships…
  • Wisdom can help you win

    March 10, 2022
    When we enlist the pursuit of wisdom to strive for an optimal outcome, what we are seeking is to align…
  • Addiction’s vicious cycle

    February 24, 2022
    Addiction is a short-term escape from pain that is purchased at a high interest rate of future pain.
  • How do we deal with greed?

    February 10, 2022
    The key to understanding and disarming our greed is digging a little bit deeper. Why do you want more money?…
  • Saying things that last

    January 27, 2022
    If you want to endure, it really means, for the realist, that you want your words to endure. We want…
  • Tipping the scales and justice

    January 13, 2022
    Every time we distort truth, every time we bend our presentations so we come out looking a little better than…
  • Your authentic self isn’t enough

    January 6, 2022
    We’ve all encountered people who are unshakably authentic, who, we can’t help thinking, could perhaps do with being a little…
  • Make your goals, then let ’em go

    December 30, 2021
    It’s easy to get this sovereignty of God thing mixed up. The Bible proclaims a big God, but He doesn’t…