Seeking wisdom from lessons learned, exploring life beyond the surface, learning from successes and failures.
I haven’t written lately on paper (or screens), but I’ve been thinking a lot. Often I write blogs in my head while I’m driving, and I’ve been driving more lately as part of my job. Sometimes when I am sleeping, I dream
“ It should be done, for we must carry out all that God requires.” Have you ever noticed that God doesn’t follow the same pecking order that we have in mind? In this passage, John the Baptist is alerting the world to
4“But why did you need to search?” he asked. “Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?” Luke 2:49 We don’t know too much about what Jesus’ early life was like. Most of us are familiar with the story of His
Introduction: There are a lot of thoughts and beliefs about the bible. My belief is that, if we read the bible, God will speak to us in His own unique way in a way that works for us. God created us and
“The most important two things that you need are a big bowl and a pair of scissors,” said Lee Vinson, a Legal Secretary. That and a refrigerator full of leftover lunches. Every Friday evening at around 4:30, an email goes out to
Do you know what makes us wealthy? Sure, things like hard work and a good job come to mind. But did you know that many people who make a lot of money are not wealthy? And many people who don’t make a lot
Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow. Proverbs 13:11, NIV What is finance? Finance is how PEOPLE handle their financial situation. To break it down into simple terms, money is a piece of paper. A piece of paper has no
If you have ever worked in an office, you may have seen this sign before. It’s pretty funny, unless you’re the person with the emergency. In another blog I wrote about spending a dollar on a candy bar, which is reasonable. And
A POSTFACTUAL WORLD? Lately it has been mentioned that we’ve been living in a post-factual world. I’ve had discussions with people who have said “I’ll read my side and believe what I believe, and you will read your side and believe what
We ALL Do It! Over the past few weeks, in a class that a Pastor taught, he asked the participants to carry around a little counting machine, and every time they would think a judgmental thought, they clicked the counter. He said that