Month: December 2015

• Where is the Power?

  

  It had been one of those days at work.   Constant interruptions from coworkers with things they needed my input on.  Interruptions from customers calling in with random requests.  Tasks that should have taken a few minutes took several hours because the software kept crashing.  Swarms of emails filled my inbox with various additional requests. […]

  Jeremy Potts

  December 31, 2015

  Failure, Grace, Humility, Judgement, Relationships, Wisdom

  Compassion, Grace, Humilty, Judgement, Understanding

• You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Sometimes You Get What You Need

  

  As I was driving towards my church last Tuesday evening, I had a very uneasy feeling in my stomach.  I had that knot in my stomach that you get when something makes you feel really really uncomfortable.  I didn’t quite know what it was about yet, I just knew it was there (and getting worse […]

  Jeremy Potts

  December 15, 2015

  Giving, Intimacy, Needs, Pain, Receiving, Relationships

  Dependence, Grief, Help, Independence, Needs, Support, Vulnerability

• The Known and the Unknown

  

  As I sat amidst my biological family for Thanksgiving, the usual routines all took place; people gathered on the couches in the living room around the tv to watch the football game, various comments ensued about who is doing well and why, what’s wrong with the refs, etc.  The casual questions like “how’s work?” were […]

  Jeremy Potts

  December 1, 2015

  Intimacy, Pain, Perspective, Relationships, Suffering, Trust

  Connection, Pain, Relationships, Trust