Selective Memory

I don't remember a great deal of the negative things in my life. Sure, I remember some, and I seem to have a great many hair shirts, but for the most part, my memories of hard times are vague. Going through old journals and blog posts, I have no memory of the things contained therein. …

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Lay Down Your Life

"There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends." John 15:13 NLT To "lay down your life" does not necessarily mean to die. Death may come as a result, but that is an extreme result. To lay down your life means to surrender your rights, preferences, privileges, and submit yourself …

Forget the Road Not Traveled

Is your life anything similar to what you envisioned when you were younger? Are you where you pictured yourself five, ten, twenty, or forty or more years ago? Mine doesn't, and I'm not. But what does that matter? Is it of any consequence that my life now bears no resemblance to how I pictured it …

Explaining America

Today on YouTube I saw a video done by an Irish woman titled “10 AMERICAN Problems I'm TOO IRISH to Understand.” She, in turn, was pulling these items from a discussion on reddit titled “What's an American problem you're too European to understand?” Now, I’ve been an American for over four decades. What’s more, I’ve …

First Lean Coffee Recap

I went to my first Lean Coffee meetup today. It was amazing. Great conversation. Learned a lot. The group represented a wide range of people: Programmers, Scrum Masters, Testers, Product Owners, HR, Agile Coaches, etc. with both men and women in all roles. Great cross section. Here is my attempt to process some of what …

When Adding and Subtracting is Bad

"You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you." Deuteronomy 4:2 The violation of this injunction is obvious in the cults and heresies which do this explicitly (e.g. adding another testament, removing or re-writing …

Surrender

I can't sing the hymn, "I Surrender All" because, frankly, I don't. The best I can claim is that I want to want to surrender all.

Prayer

Today I read a great article on prayer. It's not hot off the presses, having been posted in 2016. I can't say anything in it was exactly new to me either. There was no earth shattering revelation. In the almost two thousand years of the Christian church much has been written on the topic. I …

Words to Live By

Words for Pastors to live by. Word for parents to live by. Words for all believers to live by...

As You Wish…

In film Princes Bride, the character of Wesley, in his guise as the Dread Pirate Roberts, says to Princess Buttercup, "Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something." Life is pain. "I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. …