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Oversharing Is Caring

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If you’ve been following my blog lately, you may have noticed a pattern. I wrote about my approval addiction. I wrote about my ongoing battle with resentment. I’m working on a post where I share the full transcript of a talk I gave at my church about my sexual addiction. If you’re thinking my blog is starting to sound like a therapy session… fair point.

So why do I keep posting my L’s? Why does a guy who literally wrote about being an approval addict keep hitting publish on posts that are almost guaranteed to make at least a few people think less of him?

I’m asking myself the same thing.

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Can’t Find My Keys or Save My Soul: On Asking for Help

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A few years ago I had the opportunity to speak at Generations Church as part of a series called “7 Words That Will Change Your Life.” My word was help. It’s a word most of us understand but very few of us are good at actually saying out loud when we need to.

I talked about the myths that keep us from asking for help, what the Bible has to say about it, and why the most important cry for help any of us will ever make is the one that changes everything.

You can watch/listen to the full talk on Generations Church’s website, or if you’d rather read it, the transcript is below.

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