The most often repeated commandment in the Bible is, “Do not fear.” It’s in there over two hundred times. That means a couple of things, if you think about it. It means we are going to be afraid, and it means we shouldn’t let fear boss us around. Before I realized we were supposed to …
A Compelling Invitation to a Better Story
“…the same elements that make a movie meaningful are the ones that make a life meaningful. I knew a character had to face his greatest fears. “…the same elements that make a movie meaningful are the ones that make a life meaningful. I knew a character had to face his greatest fears. That’s the stuff …
Invitation to a Better Story
I’ve been reading A Million Miles in a Thousand years, by Donald Miller lately…a quirky, funny, thought provoking read. An excerpt I especially found myself coming back to is begins as the author is chatting with a friend whose daughter is caught up with a “bad news” boyfriend, and is experimenting with drugs: “I told …
The Other Side of Thanksgiving
Today is Thanksgiving Monday…the day many gather as families to eat turkey…or maybe lasagna, or a roast. And tomorrow, if it is as it is other years, the phone at our office will ring. Someone will have made 3 or 4 different pies, been too exhausted to enjoy the gathering, and enormously hurt because no …
Your "Doing"…what does it say?
I remember being very moved by The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, years ago when he gave it, and bought and devoured the same titled book when it came out a short time later. Randy Pausch, a man dying of pancreatic cancer, chose to spend his last months finding ways to be a good dad …
Joy Lost in Anticipation
One of the things I have always loved doing is walking knee deep in orange and yellow colored leaves…all the different shades of color that so vibrantly color the path in front of me can almost take my breath away. However, as beautiful as they are, it’s hard for me to truly enjoy the beauty …
Twinkles of Joy
So… as we say goodbye to summer and approach the upcoming winter (which is never a good thing in my books), as I continue to get used to the early rising hour that fall routine requires (I am SO not a morning person), as I spent an hour today talking to 50 students (while I’m …
Following the Feelings
I have always loved the idea of following a marked trail…the challenge of needing to find the next marker is “do-able”, and leads one on an unknown path…it may be marked telling you where to go, but you only find out where you are going one marker at a time, bit by bit. I’ve done …
A Thought
Beautiful to read, lovely to think about, and a lifetime of struggle to live out. I’ve learned through my own experience and listening to stories of others over the years that it is much easier to read than to do.