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. […]
The Why Question is the Most Important One That Gets Asked the Least
WHY is That… and What Do We Do About it? As I’m working on the workshop for Building a Better Proposal system, I was contemplating WHY questions. Why – Should construction contractors do proposals? Don’t they? Does a customer want to do a construction project? Do we do the same things over and over expecting […]
Freedom and Christianity Both Come at a High Price
How Much of That Price are You Willing to Pay? As you know this past Sunday was Independence Day. It was a great celebration of our Christian and American heritage. I think too often we overlook the connection of the two. We have always had two flags in the front of our church, the United […]
Being Held Down and Held Back Leads to a Desire for Independence
But Freedom Doesn’t Mean That You Can Do Whatever You Want As we celebrate the 244th birthday of the United States, we need to remember that it’s more than just another excuse to party. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But remembering why we’re partying is imperative to the continuation of this freedom. The […]
Laughing With Sheep is Good, Just Be Careful Who the Shepherd Is
Seek the Balance of Humor and Seriousness This past Sunday we were privileged to have Keith Anglemyer give us the message. Keith grew up in Tisdale UMC and now is the minister at Beloit 1st UMC. It’s exciting to see fruit that came from planting seeds. He started by sharing his testimony and how his […]