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How to Have a Bad Day Step 14: Procrastinate
Want to sabotage your day before it even begins? Easy. Just start procrastinating. It's like passive-aggressively telling your future self, “Good luck with
How to Have a Bad Day Step 13: Isolate Yourself
Let’s face it: community is overrated. Who needs people checking in on you, asking how you’re
How to Have a Bad Day Step 12: Don't Rest
If you're like me, most of us feel guilty when we rest. Even if we
How to Have a Bad Day Step 11: Never Be Content
Want to guarantee yourself a solid dose of dissatisfaction? Easy. Just believe that happiness is always one season away.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 10: Gossip
Let's play a quick game. Think of a time someone stuck their nose in your business, rewrote the narrative, and then "published" it. It was onesided. It misrepresented you. Now… think of a time you did that to someone else.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 9: Complain
We all complain. Some of us do it eloquently (with a latte in hand), some do it passive-aggressively (looking at you, vague Facebook posts), and others… well, others just go full “this WiFi is ruining my life” meltdown.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 8: Pretend You're Fine
Ah, the classic:
How to Have a Bad Day Step 7: Assume Rejection
Rejection is rarely just rejection. It’s a performance — in our heads — starring us, produced by anxiety, and scored by trauma.
Mark 1:21–22 — When Truth Walked Into the Synagogue
Jesus didn’t begin with the Temple. He didn’t begin by confronting Caesar. He began by walking into a synagogue on the Sabbath, in a small town called Capernaum — and speaking with authority that shocked everyone who heard Him.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 6: Listen to Everyone's Opinions
Just open your ears (and all your apps) and let the opinions flood in like a tsunami of confusion.
Mark 1:16–20 — Jesus Didn't Start With a Stage
Mark 1:16–20
Was John the Baptist Real? — And Why It Changes Everything
I was sitting in a courthouse lobby years ago—Bible in one hand, day planner in the other. Both hardcovers. Both worn. I wasn’t preaching. Wasn’t even praying. Just quietly flipping through pages.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 5: Stay Busy
Let’s talk about the high we all pretend not to chase: being
How to Have a Bad Day Step 4: Follow Your Heart
Angry? Snap at someone. Sad? Cancel everything. Anxious? Spiral into an existential crisis.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 3: Compare. Everything.
Nothing crushes joy faster than comparing your blooper reel to someone else's highlight reel. So let’s do this right:
How to Have a Bad Day Step 2: Worry About the Future
Because nothing says “inner peace” like obsessing over things that haven’t happened yet… and might never happen.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 1: Dwell on the Past
Start your morning with a full-cinematic highlight reel of every mistake you’ve ever made. Bonus points if you replay that awkward thing you said in 2012 on loop—preferably while brushing your teeth or trying to meditate.
I Stopped Looking for the Antichrist — and Found Something
The Discovery
Charles Taze Russell and the Forgotten Roots of Christian Zionism
I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness.
Bombs, Betrayal, and Brotherhood: How Christ Heals Our Divided Past
I was born in 1964—long after the bombs fell on Baghdad’s Jewish quarter, but still close enough to feel the tremors of those events. I grew up hearing conflicting stories: Jewish neighbors fleeing en masse, whispers of synagogues bombed from within, and the old friendships between Arabs and Jews fractured beyond repair.
Plato’s Republic: How the West Is Quietly Becoming His Perfect City
When I first read Plato’s Republic in my early years, it felt like a noble vision. A society ruled by wisdom, reason, and justice—it was philosophical idealism at its finest. However, I recently picked it up again. And what struck me wasn’t just Plato’s logic—it was the eerie resemblance to our current world.
Marcionism, Marcion of Sinope, Old Testament vs New Testament God, Early church
What Made Marcion Think There Were Two Gods?
Is Evangelical Support for Israel Changing? A Global Christian Perspective
In many American churches, especially within evangelical and charismatic movements, the belief that “If you bless Israel, God will bless you. If you curse Israel, God will curse you” holds significant sway. This phrase, rooted in Genesis 12:3, is often taken out of its biblical context and directly connected to political support for the modern state of Israel. Such views lead to the presumption that any criticism of Israel is tantamount to cursing it, tying divine favor to a nation’s political stance towards Israel.