The Hurrieder I go, the Behinder I get
That phrase, from a poster on my high school bedroom wall, is haunting me today. Not because time has passed, but because it hasn’t seemed to. It’s even more true today than it was back then, and it has me wondering whether I am making any headway. Speed breeds errors. Which mean do-overs. Which take time. […]
Where There’s a Will There’s a Way!
Have you seen this?!! Paul Pierce’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer wins it for the Wizards. https://youtu.be/oDg3cuFF4k4 But who is that fan who runs out into the celebratory huddle? OMG -I know him! That’s Will Smith. He even made the Washington Post. Will is the son of upstanding members of our church community. I know because I had Will in […]
Six Perfect Words: I Just Love to Watch You Play
“I just love to watch you play.” (okay technically seven) These are the six simple words I would like to tell my kids after every game, every performance, and every event. It’s the one thing I want them to know, and it’s been this way since…well, forever. I remember my delight at watching them find […]
Can We Bring Back Going Steady?
So.Much.in.the.World. What ever happened to going steady? Just the thought of it makes me smile, recalling Happy Days with the Fonz and Richie Cunningham sorting out teenage life at the malt shop. Going steady was what a boy did with a girl before asking her out or to the prom. Of course, after school you’d meet up to […]
Permission to Come Aboard
You don’t just buy a ticket to come in. Reaching out is not enough, Lending a hand is nice, but no, Easy come, easy go. No, you have to ask to come aboard, Ready to step onto the ship and go for a ride. But to do that, they must lower their shields, and disarm their weaponry […]
It’s Complicated – Not
Complexity is temporary for the truthful. A web weaved by one who intends to deceive stays intricate, tangled, confounding. It’s meant to lose people along its way. But the person of truth breaks down the steps, untwists the turns, and unfolds the bending to free the one strand used to form it all. What a […]
Good words inspired by the Good Word III
Dear friends, Here are my most recent highlights from the Upper Room magazine devotional reading and writing. Just me and my daily doodlings, courtesy of the little book that reaches around the world. That God, He is always slipping in a good word when we’re not looking. It is human nature to want to push […]
A Billion Prayers
What do a billion prayers sound like to God? Do they ring, like bells? Do they rush, like water? Do they sing, like melody? Do they echo, like canyons? Or do they shudder, like fear? Shout, like panic, Whisper, like despair, Rasp, like profanity? Do they run for their lives? Huddle in hope, Gasp, in […]
A Half Truth isn’t …
A half truth isn’t a whole lie. It’s just half of a truth looking for its better half.
The Power Behind the Coach
Hi Friends, Every now and then there’s something that captures “all” of you in a single place. It speaks who you are, what you believe, and how you operate into one expression. It funnels you. In the story I posted last week on the Fit2Finish website (my “professional” zone) has funneled me. A coach has ushered […]