Free to Release launches

Greetings and welcome to Free to Release. 

This blog is a compilation of my thoughts, reflections and collections of other people's great ideas.  As I approach "mid-life" I am learning just how much of a prisoner I have allowed myself to become.  In an effort to "fit-in" to an ever-changing, forever-broken culture, I am realizing that there is simply . . . too . . . much.  It is time to take action and that action is a simple one - - release.  Join me on my journey this year as I give myself permission to "release" the chains that bind me to a lifestyle of defeat.  Share with me the struggle to create margin and space in our jam-packed life.  There is so much to think about and write about on this topic so while it may, at times, seem scattered, my hope is that the common thread that will run through these blog entries is one of hope and anticipation of the possibility of living an abundant life here and now - - all from a biblical worldview perspective.  Scripture is clear, Christ is the key to abundant living.  The New Living Translation of Romans 12, verse 2 says, "Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect." 

So, enough copying the world - - enough of trying to keep up with the proverbial "Jones" family. Embrace the action of release and give yourself permission to let go of the "stuff" of this world that holds you captive.  As Craig Groeschel writes about in his book, let's be WEIRD this year.