I Like Giving
I’ve just started reading a great new book that I wanted to share with you all. It’s called I Like Giving: The Transforming Power of a Generous Life by Brad Formsma. It’s filled with stories of regular people just like you and me giving generously in irregular ways.
read moreThankful for Advent
As we move from a time of Thanksgiving to a time of Advent I’m doing my best to keep that attitude of thankfulness. Because Advent is so much more than Christmas, and how can one not be thankful during this time of the year.
read moreRejoice Always and Give Thanks
A simple reminder for all of us this time of the year: Rejoice Always, Pray without Ceasing, In Everything Give Thanks!
read moreThe Sick and the Blessed
So I am finally going to the doctor’s office. I’ve been sick all week. It’s felt like someone has stabbed a knife in my throat and then set it on fire. That sounds about right. But it got me to counting my blessings.
read moreI just spent the last five minutes of my life doing… And I’ll never get it back: thoughts on mortality, morality, multi-tasking, multi-media, media in general, my life, meaning, motivation, multi-national corporations, motherhood, and managing to write the longest title of a blog ever recorded in the history of man (or at least in the history of my blog) while I wait for my wife to grab something really quickly at Target…
… I’m sorry. I forgot what I was going to say.
read moreCommunicating Love
Open and honest communication is the key to successful relationships. But what do you do when you don’t speak the same love language?
read moreVacation is Good for the Soul
Everyone needs a chance to relax, recharge, and renew their energy and focus. This weekend my wife and I celebrated our anniversary with a 9 hour road trip, there and back again. Vacation is good for the soul, but it’s hard on the back.
read moreAnyone Can Die. It’s Living That’s Hard.
I’m not saying I want to be a martyr – just the opposite in fact. I’d like like a long, happy, healthy, and fulfilling life. Dying is the last thing I’d like to do – literally!
read moreA Sense of Being Thankful
I am blessed. This weekend I have been surrounded by my family and my friends. And as I was considering what to write about this week, I just kept coming back to a sense of thankfulness. So I dedicate this Monday morning to seven of the many, many thing for which I am thankful.
read moreConfession is Good for Relationship
When we hold things inside it hinders trust and cooperation and leads to lies, deceit, and mistrust, and ultimately it leads to a breakdown of communication and intimacy. The lack of confession in my life affects how I interact with those around me and with God, I’m finding, in surprising ways.
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