Do You Have a Giving Goal?
Over the first 33 years of my life, I probably gave less than $2,000 to the church and charity . . . total! But when God showed up in my life, I quickly realized that…
Stealing Her Thunder
Ever have someone finish your sentences for you? Irritating isn’t it? I have a friend who finishes my sentences. Every single one. He doesn’t do it consciously, but it’s distracting just the same. When I…
Radical Wisdom
If you’ve read this blog for any amount of time, you probably already know this, but . . . over the course of the sixty-five years I’ve been awake and conscious, I’ve been a collector…
Action vs. Analysis
Ok, here I go again, quoting my friend John Richie . . . “Action reveals options analysis will never find.” I like this quote because it agrees with so many others woven into the fabric…
The Platinum Rule
Everyone knows the golden rule. Here’s how contributors to Wikipedia explain it . . . “The Golden Rule is the principle of treating others as one would wish to be treated. It is a maxim that is found in…
The Dead Sea and Me
What in the world could a smelly, salt-filled lake in the Middle East have to do with me and my life? A lot. It’s a great metaphor, illustrating a couple of important principles . ….
Do-Overs
Usually, when we say, “I sure wish I could get a ‘do-over’ on that one,” we’re talking about something we’ve screwed up. Something we regret. But maybe it’s time we looked at things we’d do…
How to Have 100% of Your Prayers Answered
I don’t know about you, but sometimes a single Scripture verse trips me up so bad I can’t get by it. It’ll keep cycling and cycling. Eventually, I roll on because I believe the Bible…
Eight Steps to Living “This Way of Life”
It’s so easy to speak Christian-ese but not really communicate. When we tell people to follow Jesus, it may feel like we’re telling people to stand in the corner of a round room. Phrases like…
There Are No Jokes
I used to think I could poke fun at people about their foibles. About height, weight, lack of athleticism, mispronounced words, and personal idiosyncrasies. Hey, we’re all big boys, right? We can take it so…
