Perfect Timing!
There have been a few times in my life when I had just the right words to say in a situation. There have been times when I was in the right place at the right time. And there have been times when I have worked on a project over...
Free Love
Well, that ought to get your attention! The truth is it isn't love if it isn't free. In fact, love presupposes freedom. Without freedom, there is no possibility of true love. As an example, we have jus started our new class for those wanting to know more about the Orthodox Faith....
Martha, Martha
You've seen them. They rush around and work their fingers to the bone all the time doing a million things at once and accomplishing amazing things because of their industrious nature. You've also seen them when they notice others aren't nearly as "busy" as they are. Not all of them,...
It’s 50/50
There's an old saying "figures don't lie, but liars figure!" In many presentations I've made, I've used statistics to buttress my points and drive a point home for an audience. But I am constantly wary of statistics since they are often so easy to manipulate into supporting the conclusion you've...
Remember Lot’s Wife
Actions have both consequences and motivations. The consequences may be unforeseen and the motivations may be a mystery, even to the doer, but without a doubt, they always exist. The challenge to me is will I own up to both my consequences to my actions AND observe and scrutinize my...
The Real Fight
Someone was commenting earlier today that it seems even the PG-13 movies are more violent and suggestive than a few decades ago. It seems our culture, for all it's development and all the seemingly "liberal" notions in ascendency nowadays, the culture has gotten more violent and more coarse. What can...
I’M Not Prejudiced! (Am I?)
"Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones." CHARLOTTE BRONTE, Jane Eyre Prejudice is always the ugly counterfeit to true discernment and good judgement. But we humans all...
The Shepherd and the Hireling
If you've ever hired a babysitter, then you know that sinking feeling any new parent has when they leave their child with someone new. In fact, there was a recent story in them paper about a family whose pet dog started growling and barking at the babysitter the family...
Give Till It Makes You Happy
The old saying is "give till it hurts." But that isn't actually the best way to give. For many years I have been reading and studying the power of philanthropy. I've even been blessed to attend the School of Philanthropy in Indianapolis, IN for some specific courses on how to...
A Pound of the Eternal in a Paper Sack!
OK, I have to be honest, I have mixed feelings about gift bags. I guess I have too many fond memories of my mom laboring over just the right wrapping paper and then getting just the right bow for that paper and then attaching the matching name tag to...