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Humility has two-faces. Beware of the voices you hear saying, “You have to stay humble.” Or, “We’re just trying to be humble in our success.”  Even, “I’m feeling humbled by this opportunity.” These expressions of “humility” reduce the word to some feigned modesty or even true modesty but not the essence of humility’s meaning. The English word “humble,”...

I’ve been praying about some promises lately—things I haven’t seen yet. I’ve said things like, “I know God is going to do it,” and “He said it, so it will happen,” and “I’m just going to wait right here and trust Him to do it when He’s ready.”  But yesterday during my quiet time, God convicted me of that. And I realized I’ve...

I’ve fought this for a long time—the urge to write out everything stirring inside. I haven’t shared it until now because it is so deeply personal, because I don’t want to start arguments, because my thoughts and experience are not up for debate and I don’t feel I need to justify my beliefs to those who believe differently. I know there are...

If we don’t embrace our suffering how can we embrace the fullness of the resurrection? Suffering comes in many forms and it is deeply personal. There are perhaps as many forms of suffering as there are human beings. Our suffering is unique; yet it’s not. If we are to know Christ we are to embrace our suffering as if it were his suffering and for Jesus...

Stan and Floyd were wise and talented craftsmen. During my last years in college and for a while after I graduated we worked together. I learned a lot from both of these men about giving your best at work, working hard and being a standup guy. Floyd was the boss and he managed people well. He also demanded justice for his staff and the students of the...

How do you teach maturity? how did we learnt it growing up, was it the reaction to responsibilities which we gained as we got bigger and the way we dealt with situations, the challenges we faced and how we overcame them.  Some have responsibility forced on them at a very young age and so very quickly are dealing with circumstances and situations in...

I’ve been a nomad for the past two years. Travelling from room to room, floating from surface to surface, I’ve written from any place I could find that was free of distraction and children. From the edge of the bed to the dining table to the recliner to the floor to the family room to the kitchen counter—I’ve been to every corner of my home...

I make excuses all the time. In a effort to justify my lack of performance or inability to complete a task, I like to cite my circumstances, deficiency, shortage, and personal need as the cause for avoidance. I say things like, “I would, but I can’t. I don’t have enough money or the right connections. I’m an unknown. I don’t have a proper...

You’ll probably sing it or hear it tonight at the end of your New Year’s Eve celebration: Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, We’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne.             - Robert...

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining. –Anne Lamott I’ve been doing it again lately—running around like a chicken with its head cut off, stumbling, flailing, thrashing—hoping to magically land in the place I’m supposed to be. For the life of me, I just can’t seem to find...