Movement is the Key That Starts the Engine of Success
You Have to Decide to Take Action if You’re Going to Accomplish Anything Last week I wrote about life being one continuous choice after another. This topic has been front and center in my thinking since then. It’s been the focus of multiple conversations as well. Thinking about choices led me to think about decisions. […]
Why is it That We Love Homemade Bread So Much?
It’s Because We’re More Than Machines…We’re Humans What is it about homemade bread that generates so much pleasure for so many? I think it’s a combination of things. Some instinctual, some deeper. There’s no question that the smell of fresh baked bread is one of the greatest. And what about the overwhelming sense of comfort […]
Life is One Continuous Choice After Another…Choose Wisely
Somethings In Life Are Out of Our Control, But We Choose How We React Everything we do comes down to a choice. Every choice we make leads to another choice and another and so on. Just like I chose what to write about today. This choice came from a series of other choices that started […]
How Many Friends Do You Have?
What Does Being a Good Friend Even Mean? This past Sunday some of the young adults in our church took care of the service at Pastor Lee’s request. (He was out of town at his daughter’s wedding. Congratulations Pastor Lee and Kay) They did a great job! It was a great message and great music. […]
Why My Blood Pressure Goes Up When I Receive Texts
Okay…Maybe It Doesn’t Really…But It Sure Feels Like It My sense of dread when my phone vibrates with a text makes me apprehensive. This is at a lower level when getting phone calls, but still happens. Why? What about someone contacting me makes me feel anxious? Some examples – Got a text just last […]
Going Slower Once in a While Helps Us Go Faster in the Long Run
Relax and Have Faith…Fear and Worry Won’t Solve Anything There was a military study done to see how long soldiers could go without a break. It was determined that on the seventh day their output and performance was significantly less, even though the soldiers themselves didn’t see any difference. Slowing down and resting is important. […]
Why It’s Important to Measure Twice and Cut Once
Having a Good Plan is the Best Way to Avoid Mistakes The importance of planning became evident this morning while working on a project at home. I mis-figured and cut two boards the wrong length. Fortunately, the cut was too long rather than too short. The boards were salvageable, it just wasted a couple of […]
The Lord is My Shepherd and Boy Do I Need a Good Shepherd
There’s a Good Reason Why We’re Compared to Sheep in the Bible Isn’t it interesting how once a subject shows up, it continues showing up everywhere? The similarities of people being like lost sheep is one such case. Pastor Lee’s sermon this week was about the importance of a shepherd to the sheep. Without a […]
Did You Know That It Really Wasn’t Curiosity That Killed the Cat?
It Was Worry, Not Curiosity, That Did the Poor Cat In Last week I wrote about the why question and it not being asked enough. It seems to me, that as a society we’ve quit asking why. To much of the time we just drift through life accepting things at face value. What happened to […]
It’s Important to be Intentional and Choose Your Situations Wisely
It’s Amazing…He Looks Just Like You Pastor Lee shared a story this week about a missionary couple that had small children. When the couple left for a short overseas mission trip, they left the children with family. While in this foreign country war broke out and the couple was unable to get home…for eight years. […]