Making the Wise Choice
Digging into Proverbs this month prompted me to look back on a particular proverb that has long been a staple in our home. When my kids were younger, I was a storyteller to the elementary…
Dealing with Your “Stuff”
Years ago, a young friend of mine was screwing up his marriage so bad, I could hardly watch. If there’s a list of things to do wrong, he checked every box. My friend John is…
How to Approach Big Decisions
When most of us have a decision to make, there are three stages we move through . . . If we think it through and settle on an option, we’re ready to pull the trigger….
Less to Fear Than Anybody
So, a kid goes to a rock-climbing place for a birthday party. His dad watches as the staff puts his son in the harness and tightens it up. The belay rope is attached and checked….
The Power of a Good ‘No’
Last week, I wrote about ‘letting your yes be yes’ and how standing at the fork in the road between ‘yes’ and ‘no’ can be the beginning of evil. But what about a good old…
Anything Beyond This Comes from the Evil One
This is the second of two posts looking at Matthew 5:37. The first was about how our struggle to say yes or no and mean it ultimately comes down to trust. In this post, let’s…
Yes or No
When I began putting Radical Mentoring together, I wanted to make it about real life . . . about the things we do and deal with every day. Early on, the subject of decision-making went…
The Mystery of Motives
A motive is “a reason for doing something.” Notice it says a reason, not the reason. We, humans, are complicated rascals. We almost always act with multiple motives. Even when we just want to pass…
The Bridge to Nowhere
As I’m sure you know, the city of Atlanta hosted this year’s Super Bowl. Officials estimated approximately 150,000 out of town guests and over 1 million total people would attend the game or the various…
Peace is Not the Absence of War
Is the U.S. at war right now? I think the official answer is no, but it doesn’t feel very peaceful to me. There’s certainly no peace in our political world, and you don’t have to…
