John Markum

You had to be there…

BE THEREThere are opportunities in life that you and I simply cannot experience by proxy. If you’re not there when it happened, no amount of description, recap video, or social media posts can make up for what you missed. You just had to be there to experience what was going on.

I feel like we live in an age of experience by proxy – where we consistently substitute the opportunity to actually be there when God wants to show up and show off, and instead settle for the rut and routine of a rat-race lifestyle… trusting in artificial experiences instead of the real thing. Continue reading “You had to be there…”

The phrase no pain, no gain has been a mantra for athletes and fitness junkies for years. And what they understand about physical pain needs to be broadened to a much more general use in all of our lives. Pain hurts. That's the whole problem. No one enjoys it, and if someone does, we rightfully

The Premium of Pain