Some poignant ponderings of any given day.
I didn’t sleep well last night, but I got up early and spent some time in the Word. I realize daily how important that time is with God, and yet for some reason, I don’t give it enough weight in my life. Well, I read in Numbers 5 and 6, and was touched by...
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My boss keeps a blog, and I like how he does it. He doesn’t have to write about every single thing that happened in a day. He just picks a thing or two, and that is good for the day. Of course, his blog features his photography, which is always exceptional. Still, I like...
Read more →It’s been an up and down weekend, for some reason. This morning at church I was reminded largely as to why: I forget to let God and His Word anchor my life each day. I still too often get up and make everything about myself. Gayle was right when she told me that time,...
Read more →As Seen On ESPN.com: Comment threads are awesome.
Read more →It’s taken some time, but I’ve finally hopped on the Twitter bandwagon. I have loaded up on feeds primarily from financial bloggers, college basketball writers, business and inspirational authors, and theological and church planting people. Hoorah. I am also really striving in my personal life to tighten up my financial management. I...
Read more →I don’t know why it takes me so long to realize, and to just accept, that sometimes you love somebody, and they just don’t feel the same about you, much at all. Who can say why. Maybe your head isn’t shaped right for them. Maybe you wear the wrong deodorant. Maybe your left eye...
Read more →“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. (C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed).” I have never been good at letting in; I am doubly as poor at letting go. My mom says when I was a toddler, I would cry when the saltine crackers she gave me broke and I couldn’t...
Read more →With the weather in the mid-50’s and the sky misty this morning, there was a good rainfall coming down and clouds covered the sky when the sun rose. I thought, “So this is what it’s like to train in Seattle.” It felt great to run in the rain. A raspberry mocha hit the spot...
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