Posts by Brant Hansen
The Healing Power of Love: How a Stranger Redeemed My Dead Plant
Once, a real nice lady gave me a real nice plant for my office…and I done kilt it. It was tall and lush and green and full and beautiful, and I gave it the ol’ Extreme Makeover, Neglect Edition, and turned it into a crusty brown pile of detritus in a pot.
Read MoreThe Unforgettable Beauty of Being the Involved Dad
Parenting gets a bad rap in pop culture. But the garden I was given to keep—a little boy and a baby girl and a woman—was beautiful.
My job? Helping them thrive and grow and bloom.
Read MoreA Modest Proposal for You
Q: What do The Beatles, my parents, and the ’94 Lakers have in common? A: They couldn’t stay together. They all broke up. They just couldn’t make it work. This is not abnormal. This is the natural state of things. Shaq and Kobe could’ve dominated for a decade, but they couldn’t stand each other anymore.…
Read MoreWhy Should You Be Afraid?
There’s another poll out, producer Sherri and I talked about it the other day on our show, about how fearful Americans are. More than half of those surveyed, said they look ahead to 2022 with fear. Are there solid, rational reasons to be afraid? Definitely. There’s no doubt about it. I could make a list, and so could you. Things we imagine…
Read MoreThe One Remaining Question
Very recently, I read about the latest church-celebrity “I’m-not-a-Christian-anymore” social media post when my insightful friend Sherri asked me a question: “Hey, did he ever mention Jesus?” “What?” “Did he mention Jesus in his ‘goodbye’ post? I noticed the last guy didn’t… the celebrity pastor. Did this one mention Jesus?” I skimmed it again. Why…
Read MoreBrant’s Three Things: Three Reasons to Be a Part of a Christian Community Even If You’ve Been Hurt by the Church
Today is three reasons why you should still be a part of a Christian community even if the church has not been awesome to you in the past, or has hurt you, There are a lot of reasons, but these are just three to think about: The number one reason that I have listed…
Read MoreDaily Bread
Jesus said when we pray to ask God: ”Give us today our daily bread.” Give us today…Think about this for you and me. All the things we can be worried about. Allthe things we can be anxious about. He basically tells us to say: “Hey God, give me theresources I need to get through this…
Read MoreAnxiety
Hey, if you’re feeling anxious, that’s a very human thing too. It happens because we’rehumans. At the same time, Jesus tells us to get rid of our anxiety, to be done with it. I found thisquote. I thought this was so good. It helped me think about it differently. It’s from Dallas Willard: “Anxiety is…
Read MoreRenewed Mind
Just to be personal… I have seen things that I wish I hadn’t seen. I’ve absorbed a lot of dumb stuff and thought about a lot of dumb stuff and wrong stuff and hurtful stuff, and my brain has had all this happening over the decades. What I love, though, is that scripture about how…
Read MoreInstant Growth
We all, I think, want instant growth. For somebody who’s a Jesus follower. We all want to become more like Him so that we become more loving like Him. I’ve got to tell you it’s a little frustrating because I’d like that to happen overnight. It hasn’t for me. There has been change, though. There’s…
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