There’s a Reduced Level of Commitment…What Happened to it?
Not Keeping a Commitment is no Different Than Breaking a Promise This past week, we discussed “confirmation” at a meeting at church. This is the process in the United Methodist Church where young people (early to mid-teens) publicly confirm their intention to live the vows made on their behalf at their baptism. This process requires […]
Tradition is Important, but be Careful to not Lose Sight of the Why
It’s a Building Block in the Foundation…Not the Complete Project Tradition, rituals and heritage seem to be the only things that matters…or don’t matter at all. It seems to be an all or nothing perspective. I think these opposing positions explain a lot about what’s going on in the world today…actually, ever since the beginning […]
Action is the One Thing Required if Anything is Going to Get Done
We Can Think Until Our Head Hurts, But Nothing Gets Done Until We Do It If you’re like me…you have more ideas than you do time to do them. I’m always thinking of new and different ways to do things. These thoughts are bouncing around in there all the time. Having a desire to use […]
Why You Should Put on Your Armor Before the Battle Begins
Preparation is Important, But Only Goes So Far Every day of our life is a battle…some bigger than others. The important thing is to be ready before we are in the middle of one. Preparation is the act or process of preparing. The state of having been made ready beforehand. What does, being prepared for […]
There is a Limited Amount of Time, Don’t Spend it All Worrying
When it Rains it Pours…More Times Than Not, We’re the Ones Holding the Pitcher What is worry? To feel uneasy or concerned about something; to be troubled. To cause one to feel anxious, distressed, or troubled. In our weekly mastermind meetings periodically, each members gets the opportunity to ask questions of or present situations to […]
“Things” Will Not Make You Happy…No Matter How Much You Have
What is True Happiness and How Do You Get it? In today’s world we are more connected than ever before. We can instantaneously be bombarded with information. This can be good or bad. It depends on what you do with it. This information “firehose” requires a heightened awareness. It is easy to be pulled into […]
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. […]