Benjamin walked across the stage at Baxter Arena the other night. His graduation gown was bight blue with a gold stole. The bowtie was Millard North’s colors: green and blue. The smile on his face was big. I sat and…
I love Easter. The week leading up to Easter is an opportunity to reflect on the life and death of Jesus. Easter Sunday provides an opportunity to experience resurrection in life. The old can become new. I love the week…
Eight Things to Stop Doing You want to grow. Lose a little weight. Save some money. Get along better with people. Resemble Christ more closely. So we make a directory of things we need to start doing. We usually fail.…
Some experience Thanksgiving as a long weekend in late November. Others see it as the kickoff to the Christmas shopping season. Others feast in a four-day fest of dozens of kickoffs and hours of watching football. Others enjoy a feast…
We live in an age of entitlement. Entitlement is the belief that you deserve preferences, resources, and special treatment that others do not. Entitlement is like the alphabet, “I” comes before “u”. Here are seven ways to know if you…
If you are like me then sometimes you compare yourself to others. If you are like me you realize this is not a healthy behavior. Here are five reasons why: We do a lousy job of making decent comparisons. We…
Words. They can be as beautiful as beautiful gets. They can hurt like nothing else. They can become as stale as the people who speak them. They are perhaps the best way people connect. Somebody can say just a few…
My Favorite Day of the Year The fourth Thursday in November is my favorite day of the year. It’s so wonderful. A day off from work. A brisk morning walk on the trail through the leaves with the dog. The…
I dropped David off at school today. Summer is over. As of today, he is a fifth grader. I observed a bunch of parents at the other end of the school. The moms and dads dropping off their boys and…
Ten Ways to Make Your Prayer Life Even More Pathetic So your prayer life is bad? Join the club. Most people I talk to are not where they want to be. Here are ten ways to make this part of…
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