Book Review: Through the River

Yesterday I found myself thinking I might share this book I’ve just finished with someone. I thought it might help.  I was immediately confused because my first impressions of Through the River weren’t good.
The book is Through the River: Understanding your assumptions about the truth. It is my latest read for review for the Viral [...]

I’m Through Waiting

Listening to John Mayer’s “Waiting for the world to change” in a nearby office brought clarity to me on a recent matter of discussion.
If you are old enough to ask for ID, you are too old to be trick-or-treating!
For a coupe of years now I have noticed instances of people clearly old enough to be [...]

Giving Advice

I am in a sometimes awkward position of having an adolescent child while I work with a couple hundred adolescents.
Professionally, I think I am pretty good at what I do.  I have the skills, the passion, and the dedication to keep me level-headed (for the most part) and consistent. I communicate well with adolescents (generally); [...]

Don’t Threaten Your Problem with Me!

Please leave me and mine out of your issues.  Unless, of course, we belong there.

Wesley, our cat, has been a bit under the weather lately.  Actually, I think Rachel has figured out that Wesley and I have about the same allergies.
We took Wesley to the Vet’s office last Friday, to get direction on dealing with [...]

Would YOU Buy What You’re Selling?

Do you know what the”WD” in WD-40 stands for?
Jon S. Barry, creator of WD-40, died recently. Inc. Magazine’s obituary piece is inspiring. It is inspiring to me because all the man did or cared about, business-wise, was selling WD-40.  Do you know how many different things this product is used for?  No one does: 80% [...]

Working with People You Don’t Like

I don’t get along with everyone.  There are some people I don’t really like. Sometimes I have no choice but to interact with these people.  Sometimes I even have to work with them.
I used to complain to colleagues about having to work with people I don’t like or get along with.  Ok, I still do [...]

LPI-Worthy of Your Support

I’m in El Paso, Texas, for the annual meeting of the South Central Jurisdiction’s Mission Council, the body that serves on behalf of the Jurisdictional Conference especially in the years between that group’s quadrennial meeting.
The Lydia Patterson Institute (LPI)has served as a very welcoming and gracious host for our meeting. LPI deserved to be better [...]

Can You Tell the Time?

I took me 2 days to notice the time on my atomic clock was wrong.
I had to replace the batteries in the temperature transmitter for our atomic clock on Saturday.  We received this clock as a Christmas present almost 3 years ago and this is the first maintenance it has required.
I slipped 2 new batteries [...]

Maybe Jesus was a carpenter…

We went around the table, each of us sharing something we got from the devotional that had just been read.  Toward the end, most of us settled into repeating something like: “Take your problems to God; God can solve any problem.”
The final girl said, almost under her breath, “God can’t solve every problem.”
Without thinking, almost [...]

The End of Your Story

My friends Jason and Kyle are talking a lot about story lately, but here’s a twist on your story that comes from a conversation had by Rachel the other day that she shared with me last night. This kind of follows on Kyle’s post today.
How would you like your obituary to read?
What would you think [...]