A Plan for Building Your Best Life
This Starts with Setting Goals We’re coming to the end of another year already. It’s amazing how fast they go by. There are so many things that I wanted to get done and didn’t. That is a good reason to have a plan for the coming year. Even though I didn’t get everything done, I […]
Where Can We Find Joy?
We Find It in Unexpected Places As we continue through this Advent season, in this third week we turn our focus to joy. Joy isn’t the same as happiness. They’re very similar, but they are not the same thing. Most dictionaries consider them to be synonymous. If you’re joyous, you’re happy, right? Wrong. Joy and […]
Small Actions Can Have Big Effects
Being Aware of This Is Important I got a text this morning regarding a little thing that caused some big changes. Our township’s old road grader needed repairs that were going to cost more than the grader was worth. We’ve been working to get it replaced for weeks. We found a good used grader and […]
Where Do We Find Peace?
By Putting Our Trust in the Right Place Last week we began this Advent season by discussing hope. This week’s focus is peace. It can be hard to find peace in the crazy, busy, chaotic time of the year. Wilma’s children’s message made this point using a snow globe. When we shake a snow globe, […]
Too Much Planning Is Not Good
Find the Balance of Planning and Doing I’m an overthinker. I can spend a lot of time thinking through things before taking action. This isn’t always bad, but it often reduces productivity. On the other hand, diving into things too quickly can lead to mistakes, wasted effort, and having to back up and change course. […]
Where Can We Find Hope?
Hope Is What Keeps Us Going Advent began this past Sunday and goes until Christmas Eve. It is a season observed in most Christian denominations as a time of waiting and preparation for both the celebration of Jesus’ birth at Christmas and the return of Christ at the Second Coming. There are four different themes of Advent: hope, peace, joy, and love. These aren’t just […]
Use Some Help When Chasing Your Tail
It Helps Cut Down on the Dizzy Last week we discussed how being too busy is often self-inflicted, and how we usually have more control than we think. This is not to say that being really busy is a bad thing. It’s just something we need to be aware of and understand how it works. […]
What Am I Thankful For?
Now this is a Question We Need to Answer It’s Thanksgiving after all! Pastor Lisa’s messages over the past several weeks have been about being thankful. This week’s is the final one in this series. Like other holidays, Thanksgiving can just become a time of going through the motions, missing the point, or just another […]
Too Much To Do Is Self-Inflicted
Chasing Your Tail Can Make You Dizzy The past several weeks have been crazy busy as we’ve been pushing to meet a project deadline. Getting subcontractors on the job, coordinating material deliveries, and lining out the order of operations…all while juggling other construction projects in various stages, working on new proposals, and helping customers with […]
Who Am I Thankful For?
All of the People in My Life Once two lives are intertwined, they can never be completely separated. This sounds like a pretty profound statement, but think about it for a second. When two people meet, both lives are changed. Depending on how this meeting goes, it can be good or bad. It can be […]