Ordinary
People are having a more difficult time these days making day-to-day decisions, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal (I think). Over 30% of our general population – and well over 40% of families with children at home – are finding that…
Grrrrrage Door
How could anyone ever complain about a week like this toward the end of October! Beautiful sunshine every day – temperatures start in low 40’s but get way above normal by mid-day – full moon and meteor showers at night. I know today’s forecast is not…
Messy
Rooms get messy – desks do, too. Snowy roads are messy – but not as messy as muddy ones. The floor of my car tends to get messy when the weather is wet – and so does my backseat, no matter what it’s doing outside. However the messiest, by far, are…
Priorities
Lately I have been struggling with sorting out my priorities. The final third of the year is always a challenge, moving from the summer into a very busy “program” time of the year, but this year seems more difficult than usual. My task list…
Old Dogs
As I drove to a three-day training event on Monday, I figured it would generally be attended by older pastors. What I was not really expecting is that I would be the oldest among the 20. However, by at least a year or two, I was!
Dark and Wet
Generally speaking, I would rather drive in a snowstorm than in rain at night, but there I was Tuesday around 8:30 p.m. driving home on I-94 in the pouring rain. The scene was not much different the following day at 6:30 a.m. as I drove back to church,…
Creation’s Glories
This year’s Florida drive was a little different than most years – primarily because it was in September, not March/April – though we did follow our usual path. We take the eastern route down, driving around Columbus and through Virginia, West Virginia,…
Stepping Away
A friend and colleague of mine recently stepped away from social media for a time. He is back now, I believe, with the ‘intentional interim’ time now completed. Personally, I have not recognized the same issue for myself – though stepping away from…
Inertia
Inertia: A tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. Inertia: A property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless that state is changed by an external force. Inertia + friction…
Two Steps Forward and …
I know the expression is “two steps forward and one step back,” but there are times when this sounds a little too optimistic! On those days we might instead be saying “two steps forward and 1.75 steps back.” Or one may feel as though reversing the…