We enjoy feeling happy more than feeling sorrow or grief. But the lows are as much a part of our lives as the highs. This past week had a low moment for me. I was physically tired; I was made aware of poor communication and leadership in me that was hurtful to others; I was Read More
Tag: Bible Reading
Life Isn’t Perfect
One of my more foolish mistakes in life is to plan as if life was going to be perfect. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have perfect days. A healthy plan and approach to life has to include the challenges and distractions. So far in reading Psalm 119, things have been going well. Read More
How Can Anyone Be Pure?
We have pure drinking water, but we struggle with pure lives. We can have healthy food with clean plates and utensils, but we struggle to have clean hearts. We want to breathe unpolluted, uncontaminated air, but we don’t know how to remove polluted thoughts. How can anyone keep his or her way pure? Psalm 119:9 Read More
Getting The Feel of Reading God’s Word
One of the ways I struggle with fixing and building things is feel. How do you know when you’ve tightened the bolt and are not over-tightening? By feel. How do you know how when the wire strippers are going to cut the wire coating, but not the wire itself? By feel. You only get that Read More
Gardening Lessons – Growing Straight
We have a rose tree in front of our house. One of my daughters has been faithfully caring for it and it is loving the attention. The rose tree is full with beautiful red roses coming into bloom. But without realizing it, we planted our rose tree in a place without any block from the Read More
Automatic Success?
Playing golf seems to be part of the job description of a pastor, so that’s what I was doing Tuesday morning. As I lined up my putt on the 8th green, I was focused more on my conversation with my friend than the putt. I hit the putt and just when I was about to Read More