Simplicity
“God made man simple; man’s complex problems are of his own choosing.” (Ecclesiastes 7:30) Right now, all the big box stores are filled with storage bins and organizing supplies. With Christmas gone and a new…
The Thing Versus the Idea of the Thing
Learning to recognize the thing versus the idea of the thing is huge. For years, I kept my eye out for a ’66 yellow GTO like the one I had as a kid. One day, I…
Safe or Out?
For the first part of my summer, I get to travel to different local baseball parks to watch my two sons play. It is a great experience for our family . . . we get…
There’s Always Something You Don’t Know
A lot of us work somewhere that’s not ‘headquarters.’ Not ‘corporate.’ Not ‘the home office.’ That was me once. When the orders were handed down to us in the field, they sometimes seemed dumb. Out…
Never Create a Principle from a One-time Experience
We’ve talked about rules being decisions made in advance. Principles are different from rules. They’re more general than rules . . . a principle is non-specific to a situation or person. Plain and simple, principles are…
18 Inches
I love the game of golf. In fact, I’m writing this while watching The Players Championship. While I enjoy the long drives (especially the cool red line tracking the ball’s trajectory) and the gamesmanship between…
In Light of the Facts
“Just give me the facts.” We men say it all the time. But sometimes our biggest problems stem from not accepting the facts. From deceiving ourselves and believing something other than the truth. This is…
Days of Doubt, Seasons of Peace
Years ago, someone close to me was facing a big decision. He wrangled with it for months, leaning one way then the other. One day, he walked out by the water to think and pray….
Five Types of Thinkers
As I think about the guys I’ve mentored, what strikes me is how differently they think. In rummaging through some old files, I found this little piece on different types of thinkers. (I know I…
Obedience is Faith Exercised
There’s a word nobody uses much anymore. In a world of freedom, positive reinforcement and behavior modification, this word seems old school and out of touch. The word is obedience. Andrew Murray wrote a slew…
