Rare Faith Blog

I received an email that spawned an interesting conversation. I'll share it here. Henry wrote:

How are your teachings different from all the dozens of gurus advertising out there?  I'm genuinely conf...

Throwback to my Great Recession experience:

I didn’t think it would take me this long to share the story of why I dropped off the map in May 2011, but it’s been on my mind daily—especially after the ...

By Mark Andrew Beach

I was totally in the zone with work the other day when my phone rang. It was my wife—and she was practically yelling in my ear.

"Are you sitting down?" she started, kind of calm...

By Mark Andrew Beach

I first learned about the Law of Gestation from John Cannary. He said, “There is a season to sow and a season to reap, but we never do both in the same season.” Makes sense, righ...

By Mark Andrew Beach

When I’ve struggled—whether with a goal, a problem, a relationship, or even my physical health—I’ve often looked heavenward and pleaded, “What part is mine, and what part is Your...

By Mark Andrew Beach

The Law of Perpetual Transmutation teaches that everything is always in motion—either moving into physical form or out of it. It's a powerful reminder that ideas aren’t meant to ...

By Robyn Young

"Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth ...

By Mark Andrew Beach

The Mindset Mastery Midterm: One Stubborn Door and a Breakthrough

For my Mindset Mastery program assignment, I chose a home improvement project—installing a pull-down attic door...

By Robyn Young

"Musick has Charms to soothe a savage Breast, to soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak."
~ William Congreve, The Mourning Bride

Music moves.
It lilts, flows, rises in crescendo, then fa...

By Robyn Young

Years ago, I watched the movie What About Bob?, a comedy about a man named Bob (Bill Murray), a deeply paranoid New Yorker who’s afraid of just about everything. His fears are so overw...

By Robyn Young

Perpetual Transmutation.
Let’s break it down:

Perpetual: occurring continually, continuing forever
Trans- (prefix): so or such as to change or transfer
Mutation: a significant and bas...

By Robyn Young

Recently, I had a conversation with a friend that didn’t go the way I had hoped. I was deeply hurt and couldn’t seem to shake it. The pain settled in and soon turned into irritability—...

I received an email the other day that was SO appreciated, because even though I may have "written the book" on it, I still have to learn and re-learn the principles sometimes over and over again. (Ye...

Be anxiously engaged in a good cause—but pace yourself. Because life isn’t a sprint… it’s a marathon.

Have you ever been accused of working too hard or running too fast?

Sometimes fast is good. But ...

A Book Worth Reading: Trust Your Heart: Transform Your ideas into income

Got an idea spinning around in your brain, but wonder if it could actually make money?

You’re not alone. Thousands of people ...

Got a dilemma?
What if you had absolute confidence—and knew exactly what to do next?

The toughest work you’ll ever do happens inside your own mind. It’s the hardest work in the world, and most people...