If you read through the book of Mathew in the ESV translation of the Bible you may notice something odd: there’s no Matthew 18:11. In fact, you won’t find the verse in the New International Version (NIV) or the New Living Translation (NLT) either. The...
We’ve all been there. Someone does something to us that we consider hurtful. Sometimes they know they hurt us (and the depth of the hurt) and sometimes they don’t. In that moment (and in the critical moments that follow) we have a bunch of decisions to...
Happy Friday. Here are five random links I found for you on this, my first week back. Why Leaders Cannot Afford to Be Easily Offended “3 Vital Truths to Remember as You Work to Make a Difference in the World.” What Would the Author of “Amazing Grace” Say...
Hey, everyone. Hope you had a great July! I enjoyed my low-tech month by doing a bit of reading (I’ll put a list of books I read this month at the bottom of this post in case you care about that sort of thing), a bit of baseball travel, and a bit of nerding out...
For a lot of years now (seriously more than I can count), I have taken the month of July to do what I have called a Social Media Fast but has turned into so much more. That’s why this year I’m calling it Low-Tech July. This month I am going decidedly (but...
Happy Friday. Here are five random links I found for you. Photo from Cookepictures.com Don’t Take Your Marching Orders From Your Belly Tomorrow I start my annual month long social media fast. This article is tangentily related. A 2,000 Year Old...
Happy Friday. Here are five random links I found for you. Unique encounter between 2 polyglots in 21 languages I’ve heard it said that there are two types of people in the world: those that speak multiple languages and Americans. After watching this video,...
Happy Friday. Here are five random links I found for you. Raising overcomers: How to teach your kids to do hard things Life’s a trip. Let them fall down. Here’s why it feels like you have no free time, in one chart “Practically all of people’s...
Why bother with prayer? A lot of Christians I know are in one of two camps. Either they pray a lot or they think prayer is important, but not as important as the Bible. We’ll call them prayer people and Word people. The Word people see no need for prayer, or limited...
