The Battle of Tawara

During WWII, fifteen American soldiers prayed with their chaplain the night before the Battle of Tawara. He later reported that they all prayed pretty much the same prayer:  “Lord, tomorrow we are going to storm the beaches of Tawara. We’ve been told...

The Zeigarnik Effect

The Zeigarnik Effect is a psychological concept that I don’t pretend to fully understand, but I find fascinating. It postulates that people have a tendency to remember an uncompleted task better than a completed one. That’s why we struggle to let go of the...

Dealing with Regret

When things go wrong in our lives and we make wrong choices, we often experience sorrow and painful regret. Listen to what the Bible says about that sorrow: “Godly sorrow brings repentance … and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.”...

Everyone Has Regrets

Everyone has regrets. Prisons are full of inmates who regret the crimes they committed or at least regret getting caught for what they did. Divorce courts echo with the stories of marriages people wish they had never entered. The reality is that our past is always...

Secret Sins Matters

Back in Bible times, God gave the nation of Israel a great victory over the city-state of Jericho. But their next battle – against a far smaller city – was a humiliating defeat. Don’t you hate it when that happens? Well for Israel, it quickly became...