We Are The Letter I've had a similar conversation with two people I love in the past week or so. The main idea was that YOU are the only Bible some people will ever read. So, when I was doing my devotions this morning, this part jumped out at me. Everything about who we are,... Continue Reading →
The Mother Of Reinvention You've heard the saying, "Necessity is the mother of invention." It's also the mother of reinvention. People change. Life - lifes. Things happen, and we have to "adapt or die." Thank you, Brad Pitt in Moneyball. It's not usually that dramatic - but adaptation and reinvention are critical to becoming the... Continue Reading →
Zero-Waste Lifestyle I'm always impressed by people who live a zero-waste lifestyle. They peel an orange, save the seeds for planting, the skin for zest or marmalade, and eat the pith for all its health benefits. Not a bit of the orange goes to waste. Not just for oranges, though, for everything. What a tremendous... Continue Reading →
Trust There is a famous clip of DMX, talking about trust. He explains that to be around all kinds of people, you need only to trust them to be who they are. Trust a snake to be a snake, trust someone solid to be solid. It always stuck with me because it perfectly encapsulated my... Continue Reading →
Peanut Butter And Sandwiches When my kids were little, they only ate peanut butter and sandwiches. You may be thinking that something is missing there. It's not. They did not like jelly or jam with their peanut butter. They would eat it sedately - but never together. For some reason, however, they continued to tack... Continue Reading →
Whose Reflection Would You See? Have you noticed that sometimes on social media posts the images are reversed? It's because the person posting wants you to see them the way they see themselves in the mirror. We are used to seeing ourselves one way and, since we are trying to make ourselves look our best,... Continue Reading →
Memory Two of the most common concepts in the bible are forgetfulness and remembrance. Thematically, it's more like: when we forget God, our lives spiral downward, but when we remember Him, we are restored. This pattern is played out over and over again from the Old Testament to New. "Why does He even love them?"... Continue Reading →
Testimony People are used to hearing and reading testimonials, but it's been a long time since I heard someone share a testimony. Not that I haven't heard how God has worked in people's lives, maybe the word has fallen out of favor... perhaps the sentiment. Either way - I miss it. As a child, one... Continue Reading →
Five-Dollar Favors A few weeks ago in church, the pastor made an analogy about limiting our prayer life. He was trying to convey the idea that often we don't get what we really want because we ask God for less than the best. He compared it to "...asking for five-dollar favors from a billionaire." The... Continue Reading →
Today Is A Wonderful Day “Today is a wonderful day. I have not seen this one before.” - Maya Angelou. It jumped off the screen as I scrolled through LinkedIn Jobs. Someone had posted this quote and I was captivated. I could hear her deep warm voice, her particular cadence and elocution and yet, I’d... Continue Reading →
Asleep At The Wheel Maybe you’ve been there. Not quite too tired to leave, but as you journey on your eyes get heavier, you get tunnel vision, you suddenly catch yourself nodding and terror wakes you right up. For a little while anyway. Maybe you open the window, turn up the music or slap your... Continue Reading →
Putting In The Work There is very little in life that simply falls into your lap. Most of anything worth having is worth working for. But not everything you work hard for is worth having. Sometimes the cost is greater than the value of prize. But, how do you know which things are worth putting... Continue Reading →
