4 Tips for Dealing with Spiritual Potholes When I was younger my dad and I were out running errands when he took a shortcut on a dirt road. As Dad wove our station wagon left and right I remarked that there were sure a lot of potholes. Without taking his eyes off the road he said, “Yeah, I’m trying but I can’t hit all of them!” Life has lots of potholes, literal ones and spiritual ones. Sometime they’re small, just a minor nuisance. Others can do significant damage if you run into them. ...