A common way for making life less appreciable …
A brother in Christ I’ve known for some time almost always answers the question, “How are you doing?” with the answer of “Stressed!” I don’t know if […]
13
Apr
2011
Blog Tag
Miscellaneous
09
Apr
2011
Living out loud …
Slinging my backpack over my shoulder, I tossed my empty paper coffee up into the trash can and headed out of the Starbucks. Crossing the busy intersection […]
06
Apr
2011
How about seconds? Thirds? Fourths?
History is one of my favorite subjects. Not only do we learn a lot about humanity by looking at our history, but you can stumble across some […]
22
Mar
2011
This is very daring …
It’s not education. It’s not knowledge. It’s not talent. It’s not even giftedness. It’s not necessarily resources. It’s not opportunity. It’s not a “dream” or having vision. […]
15
Mar
2011
Above the din …
During my childhood and pre-teen years, my father moved my family more than 20 times. That’s a lot of new schools to start! Being the “new kid” […]
28
Feb
2011
This will take a sheet of paper …
If you want to try an insightful “spiritual experiment” (okay, most people don’t, but give this one a try anyway), do this before you pray your next […]
21
Feb
2011
Sometimes you ARE the lesson …
Over the last few decades I’ve listened to thousands of very frustrated people as they have told their stories. Very similar stories in one regard, and that […]
20
Feb
2011
Do you really believe this about God? …
If you’ve been to church, you’ve probably experienced this: A leader walks onto the stage and says, “God is good!” and immediately the audience responds, “All the […]
12
Feb
2011
You’re whose kid?! …
Today I had an interesting “shout out” from a friend on Twitter. It was from James Scott. Wait … that’s my name! The tweet was from a […]
07
Feb
2011
If it’s on there, you put it there … and that might be the problem!
Long ago, I transitioned from a paper to an electronic calendar. At the time, I felt great trepidation about making the change. What if there was some […]