The Next Chapter in “The Saga of the Grain-Bin Home”
The Hero and Her Guide Are Defeating the Evil Budget Monster As the voyage continues, Hannah and Mark trek forward on their journey toward the allusive ‘Grain-Bin Home’. An expedition like this is not for the faint of heart. It requires the passionate desire of a hero and the experience and knowledge of a trusted […]
Closeness to God Equals Increased Temptation
The Devil Isn’t Worried Until We Begin To Get Too Close To God This week was the first Sunday of Lent. Lent is a part of the Christian liturgical calendar to serve as preparation for Easter; through prayer, penance and fasting. It is to commemorate the sacrifice of Jesus during His 40 days in the […]
The Need for A Production Coordinator
And the Difficult Process of Finding One This process is difficult because I’ve UN-intentionally made it this way. I’ve discussed this problem in a couple of previous posts; Delegating – The Thing I Suck at Most of All and Sharing the Shovels. I know that if I’m going to ever reach the full level of […]
We Won’t Have Transfiguration Without Transformation
Actions Lead to Results Most of us are aware of the story of Jesus’ Transfiguration, Luke 9:28-36, where Peter, James and John went up on a mountain with Jesus. While Jesus was praying the disciples fell asleep. (They seemed to do this often while Jesus was praying.) When they woke up, they saw a transfigured […]
What Does the Customer’s Piece of The Etiquette Puzzle Look Like?
You Have A Responsibility in This Process Too The last two Weekly Solutions have been about the missing pieces of the etiquette puzzle, mostly from a business perspective. Today we are going to look at the customer’s responsibility in this. The customer’s piece isn’t much different from that of the contractor’s. Customer etiquette to the […]
Principles Are Like A GPS For Life
They Help Us Get Where We Want to Go Making our way through the difficulties of life can be hard. There are bumps, unexpected turns, detours and road blocks. When we start the journey, we think we know exactly where we’re going and how we’re going to get there. Surprise! If we just had a […]
A Missing Piece of The Puzzle
What Ever Happened to Contractor Etiquette? Last week I wrote about etiquette after a friend had a plumber spit tobacco juice in her sink while they were talking. The lack of professional conduct (especially in the building industry) baffles me. As I have been considering this topic it’s become apparent to me that this piece […]
Happiness Is An Inside Job
Too much of the time we are looking for happiness from things on the outside. Happiness is not dependent on health, wealth or food. It’s not that there is anything wrong with having any of these things. The problem is when they become our focus, ‘they have us’. What is important is our focus. It […]
What in The World Does Etiquette Mean Anyway?
It Means Treating Others the Way We Want to Be Treated Or at least the way we SHOULD want to be treated. I had a conversation with a friend recently about an experience they had with a plumber. While they were standing in the kitchen talking about the project, the plumber spit tobacco juice in […]
Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
Rev. Paulin started his message with a story from a church where he used to pastor. During the children’s time there was a small boy struggling to get free from his parents to go up front with the rest of the children. After children’s time was over and the kids had returned to their seats, […]