From Crisis to Calling: Finding Your Moral Center in the Toughest Decisions –...
As I sat down to write about this book, From Crisis to Calling: Finding your Moral Center in the Toughest Decisions by Sasha Chanoff and David Chanoff, an online article in the Huff Post grabbed my...
View ArticleenJOY this day
It’s the weekend and for some reason that changes the dynamics around the house. If you’re a mom or a dad, a kid, or even a (mostly) retired grandparent, Saturdays are different and Sundays are...
View ArticlePlan A … B … or Plan H – Life is about how you handle the setbacks
I recently read this inscription on a card created by Blue Mountain Arts. “Life is all about how you handle Plan B” How many times in a week do we say “Well that didn’t work!” and have to move on to...
View ArticleOut of the Question: How Curious Leaders Win – book summary
This book, Out of the Question: How Curious Leaders Win seemed tailor made for me. I’m a question asker, note taker, contemplative listener, and a life-long learner. The authors Guy Parsons and Allan...
View ArticleWhat happens at the end of Total Bliss?
When you’re reading a book and turn the last page, are you like me and think, “Oh good. That book is finished, now on to the next one?” I turned the last page in the devotional I’ve been studying this...
View ArticleEvery strand makes a difference
A few days ago, I asked, “Ever have a day when everything went right?” And of course we all agreed, that hardly ever happens. So we get infatuated with the days when things settle down to a productive...
View ArticleI'm glad God doesn't have mood swings
Before you read let me say I hope what your read here today is not at all like what you experienced yesterday or will experience today. Instead I hope your day is peaceful and that every conversation...
View ArticleConstruction …. The End
I am now officially weary of our construction project. Superman has nothing on me because I’ve become an expert at jumping over hurdles with a single bound. Have you ever felt like this? Running behind...
View ArticleWhat's your product?
What’s your product? Maybe it’s because I have been a writer by some vague definition for so many years, or maybe it’s because I’m a self-diagnosed information junkie, but no matter the reason – my...
View ArticleDoubt
When I was a little kid, I hated to hear my mom say “I doubt it”. That always meant I wasn’t going to get something I wanted. As I contemplated the passing week, I realized, I’m still not a fan of...
View ArticleMountain of Faith or Mountain of Fear?
I’ve been thinking … In a few weeks we will be celebrating the beginning of a new year. The clues are already appearing everywhere. New calendars, plans for ‘after the first of the year’, vacation...
View ArticleThink it … Act it … Believe it
Have you ever been through a major life change? Well – maybe not even major, but some change that prompt friends to ask, “How did it go?” I’ve been asked that by many of my friends. When a major change...
View ArticleFrom Crisis to Calling: Finding Your Moral Center in the Toughest Decisions –...
As I sat down to write about this book, From Crisis to Calling: Finding your Moral Center in the Toughest Decisions by Sasha Chanoff and David Chanoff, an online article in the Huff Post grabbed my...
View ArticleTrading Desperation for Peace and Contentment
Have you ever glanced at something, and in a flash had a creeping feeling of dread? How can a split second of visual make such a powerful connection with your brain that, in a snap, alters your mood?...
View ArticleWhat’s your product?
What’s your product? Maybe it’s because I have been a writer by some vague definition for so many years, or maybe it’s because I’m a self-diagnosed information junkie, but no matter the reason – my...
View ArticleDoubt
When I was a little kid, I hated to hear my mom say “I doubt it”. That always meant I wasn’t going to get something I wanted. As I contemplated the passing week, I realized, I’m still not a fan of...
View ArticleWhere can we find peace?
I’ve been thinking about inner peace lately and decided to repost this. It’s been 3 years since I wrote it – – – still true. I think my thoughts started when reading Job 22. Here’s the Message...
View ArticleThe showdown between problems and opportunities
How do you feel about change? Excited? Frightened? Neutral? How do you feel about new opportunities? Ah, that changes things, doesn’t it? We like change as long as we get to be the change agent, but...
View ArticleWhat Not To Wear
It’s Monday everyone! I had to laugh when reading the side of a coffee mug that said “I’m allergic to Mondays.” The first thought in my mind? You guessed it. “Doesn’t that just mean your Tuesday is...
View ArticleThanksListed
Recently, a friend posted an idea on Facebook that suggested starting a Joy Jar or call it a Blessings Jar or maybe repurpose a Thankful List to become a Thankful Jar. I decided to translate my daily...
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