The Mother Of Reinvention You've heard the saying, "Necessity is the mother of invention." Â 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 →
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 →
Peace In a world that's constantly changing, with a never-ending news cycle that seems to amplify only the very worst stories, it's hard to feel at peace. "Peace" was something you would say to people as you left them. You might even flash two fingers to indicate the same without saying a word. It was... Continue Reading →
Overcoming Fear When I first decided to try to create a bible study, I thought about what kinds of topics interested me the most. I brainstormed and came up with a decent size list. There were a lot of things to choose from but I settled on Overcome Fear. Why? you ask. Because I was... 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 →
The Good China I'm not sure if people still do this, but I imagine some do. It used to be a common practice to give a gift of good china table placements for a wedding. Those special plates, cups, bowls, saucers, pitchers, and serving dishes were set aside for special occasions. Some people had designated... Continue Reading →
Trust There is a famous clip of rapper, DMX, talking about trust. He says that in order to be around all kinds of people, you need to trust them to be who they are. Trust a snake to be a snake, trust someone solid to be solid. It has always stuck with me because it... Continue Reading →
A Good Stretch If you're anything like me, you need a good stretch once in a while. Sometimes I'll stretch my calves on the way up the stairs, on a fence, or handrail while I'm walking. Other times it's before I even get out of bed just hips and thighs, cracking my back or arms... Continue Reading →
Growing Deep One of my favorite things to do is take walks. You've probably noticed that I talk about walking a lot. It helps me clear my brain and focus. I also spend a lot of time in prayer on my walks because the walking helps me focus without fiddling. The woods are great but... Continue Reading →
The Ugly Truth Everyone loves a good triumph story where the plucky underdog character defeats the bully, triumphs over adversity, or survives some life or death situation. I like to frame my brain injury recovery like that - because, in essence, it IS a success story. But that’s not the whole truth. While I’ve shown the... Continue Reading →
God, Gimme A Break! On May 16, 2018, I began a journey with you all. Every week for the last four years and two weeks, I wrote at least one post - that's two hundred and ten weeks in a row. Some weeks, I wrote more than one post so that now I have three-hundred... Continue Reading →
Unexpected Blessings The sermon on Sunday was about unexpected blessings. It chronicled the Acts 3 healing of the lame man at the gate by the Apostles Peter and John. The man was simply expecting a few coins in his cup but ended up literally walking away from the situation a healed man. He was astounded... Continue Reading →
