Brandon Cox https://brandonacox.com Nonprofit Communications Consultant & Writer on the Topics of Life, Faith, and Relationships Tue, 17 Feb 2026 02:56:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://brandonacox.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-bc-Icon-1-1-1-32x32.png Brandon Cox https://brandonacox.com 32 32 2312066 You Don’t Have to Carry It All https://brandonacox.com/carry-it-all/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 02:51:31 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223256 Almost everyone I talk to is feeling the heaviness of the world right now. We’re all carrying the weight of the week’s headlines, the plight of those whose suffering is on display, and the tension of the cultural division we’re experiencing.

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]]> 223256 In Five Years’ Time https://brandonacox.com/5years/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:11:19 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223242 Superman, the strongest and most powerful creature on earth, is trapped by Lex Luthor in an inter-dimensional prison where he is weak, vulnerable, and helpless. Mr. Terrific, with Lois Lane at his side, heads to the beach to do something about the situation.

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]]> 223242 What Does It Mean to Be “Fully Committed” to God? https://brandonacox.com/fully-committed/ Sat, 03 May 2025 14:19:55 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222096 Fully committed disciples discover, more and more each day, what it is to be spiritually free. To walk in the unforced rhythms of grace and loosen their attachments to anything that prevents them from a richer experience of God’s presence.

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]]> 222096 Looking for Jesus Without Ceasing https://brandonacox.com/looking-for-jesus-without-ceasing/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:30:22 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223147 How the simple decision to keep following Jesus, despite my doubts and questions, has made all the difference.

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]]> 223147 From the Ashes of Repentance, New Life! https://brandonacox.com/from-ashes/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:00:53 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223090 Ash Wednesday comes around once per year in the Christian calendar as an abrupt reminder that this work of dying to self and burning the waste needs to be done regularly.

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]]> 223090 Change the World: Affirm Someone https://brandonacox.com/affirm-someone/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:00:56 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223093 We need a viral movement, not of empty flattery, but of sincerely affirming the humanity of the people we meet.

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]]> 223093 We Live in Rome https://brandonacox.com/we-live-in-rome/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:33:07 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223096 I've said these four words to myself often over the last three decades, and never more often than in our current predicament.

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]]> 223096 But Can You Heal My Boy? https://brandonacox.com/heal-my-boy/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:38:05 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223099 What to do about all the people around us who are in too much pain to care about the issues we're all arguing about.

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]]> 223099 Between Headlines and Hope https://brandonacox.com/headlines-hope/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:41:08 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223102 If we're going to endure, overcome, and make the world better, we're going to need to seek out deep wells of hope.

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]]> 223102 Lectio Divina: An Ancient Prayer and Bible Reading Practice https://brandonacox.com/lectio-divina-an-ancient-prayer-and-bible-reading-practice/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:02:27 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=221493 I’ve found lectio divina to be one of the most beautiful and productive ways to ingest the words of the scriptures and to hear from God.

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]]> 221493 3 Signs You’re Thriving Spiritually https://brandonacox.com/3-signs-youre-thriving-spiritually/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:50:31 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223173 There has to be a better way to assess how you’re doing spiritually than going through a performance checklist.

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]]> 223173 How to Guarantee Your Own Success This Year https://brandonacox.com/guarantee-success-this-year/ Fri, 03 Jan 2025 01:08:08 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223007 If you decide today to give your life – and by “life,” I mean your time, your attention, your resources – to making the lives of other people better, you’ll be successful.

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]]> 223007 Great Leaders Are Great Listeners https://brandonacox.com/great-leaders-are-great-listeners/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:06:30 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=221893 If you want to lead well today, go on what you know. But if you want to lead well long term, admit you don’t know it all and commit to listening and learning daily.

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]]> 221893 No Matter What, Be Stubbornly Hopeful https://brandonacox.com/stubbornly-hopeful/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:02:06 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222905 I'm convinced that our stubbornness about our hopefulness is an act of rebellion against the cultural norm of pessimism. And I think this stubbornly hopeful rebellion just might flip everything on its head and change the world.

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]]> 222905 It’s Getting Crazy (Again) for Pastors and Politics https://brandonacox.com/pastors-politics/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:24:00 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222303 Cut your spiritual leaders some slack. They’re human. They love you even when they disagree with you. And if they’re like me, they want the left and the right, the reds and blues, the liberals and conservatives ALL to show up on Sunday and come to the realization that they are wholly loved and valued by their Creator.

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]]> 222303 When Good People Get Depressed https://brandonacox.com/good-people-depressed/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:00:51 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=218270 It is time for the church to lead in removing the stigma of depression, creating safe places for people who struggle, and encouraging people to address depression holistically.

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]]> 218270 What Can We Do About All the Problems? We Can Keep Showing Up https://brandonacox.com/keep-showing-up/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 16:24:58 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222009 No matter what happens next in your neighborhood, nation, or world,  we'll need people who follow Jesus faithfully to show up again and again full of truth and full of grace.

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]]> 222009 Self-Criticism vs. Self-Focus vs. Self-Awareness https://brandonacox.com/self-criticism-focus-awareness/ Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:41:28 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222837 In the middle ground, where true humility shows up, is when we have an accurate picture of who God is, who we are in the world, and how we're doing in terms of our health and wholeness. 

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]]> 222837 Welcome the Questions and Keep the Faith https://brandonacox.com/welcome-questions/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:57:34 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222728 If you've wrestled with big questions, you're not bad. You're not a threat to the Christian faith or the local church. You're human.

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]]> 222728 Growing Up on the Inside, Forever https://brandonacox.com/growing-inside-forever/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 21:32:20 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222693 It's so easy to coast through life - especially when we're through the part commonly thought of as the "first half," but in reality, we never stop learning, changing, and growing. And that makes eternity even more exciting!

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]]> 222693 The Overlooked Leadership Skill of Expressing Emotion https://brandonacox.com/expressing-emotion/ Wed, 22 May 2024 14:12:03 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222670 Being an influential leader starts with being the best version of you that you can be. Start by naming how you're feeling.

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]]> 222670 God Forgives Because God is Faithful https://brandonacox.com/god-forgives/ Wed, 15 May 2024 16:06:41 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222429 It takes humility to recognize that God’s grace and forgiveness are dependent on his goodness and not ours.

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]]> 222429 Your Pain Always Has a Point https://brandonacox.com/pain-point/ Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:02:42 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222526 God sharpens our spiritual senses, detaches us from all that is temporary and fleeting, and gives us glimpses into the majesty of King Jesus when we hurt.

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]]> 222526 You Can’t Work Through Exhaustion https://brandonacox.com/work-through-exhaustion/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:23:33 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222522 It may seem like Spirituality 101, but we were built for a life of rhythm in which we should sleep through a third of every day and take one out of every seven days off to rest.

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]]> 222522 4 Desires of a Good Leader’s Heart https://brandonacox.com/good-leader-desires/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 21:12:41 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=221897 Jesus didn't seem to care about increasing his possessions as a leader, but he was deeply concerned with the difference he made in people around him.

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]]> 221897 The Greatest Danger to the Spiritual Life https://brandonacox.com/spiritual-danger/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 16:36:22 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222447 What if the greatest threat to our spiritual vitality isn't external at all? What if our real problem lies deep within us?

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]]> 222447 What Holy Week is All About for Christians https://brandonacox.com/holy-week/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:18:34 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222049 What is Holy Week? For Christians, Holy Week honors the final week of Jesus' life up to his death on the cross and resurrection on Easter Sunday.

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]]> 222049 3 Essentials for Staying Fresh: Roots, Rhythm, and Relationships https://brandonacox.com/roots-rhythm-relationships/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:00:13 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=10655 Daily, run a little check on your life with these three simple questions. Am I growing deep roots? Am I living in a healthy rhythm? Am I cultivating relationships? We need you to not burn out!

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]]> 10655 God Has You Here for This Generation https://brandonacox.com/your-generation/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:48:58 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222364 You were born for THIS generation. At this moment. And there has never been a greater time to be involved in the ministry of sharing Christ.

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]]> 222364 Are You Telling Yourself the Correct Story? https://brandonacox.com/self-story/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 14:32:39 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222360 Thank God, for the imperfect ones like me (and like you), there is grace, and it’s all for the asking to anyone who looks to Jesus.

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