I cannot rub Nancy’s shoulders and read Isaiah at the same time. I’m sure that really spiritual people can do such things, though if they try to rub Nancy’s shoulders, I’ll get pretty ticked. But the balance doesn’t work, the conversation doesn’t work. And so, I lay on the sofa and she sits in front […]

I jot notes to myself. Sometimes they become part of lessons or sermons or posts. Sometimes they just accumulate.  It’s Monday. Have some short thoughts. If you asked three people who know you well to honestly evaluate how judgmental you are, could you trust what they say or would you know that somehow, for some […]

I spent part of the morning reading a management memoir book. You know the kind. A person is incredibly successful, through remarkable challenges. They overcome repeated adversity. They write a book about their success, turning it into a guidebook of sorts, telling what they learned and what we can learn too. In this one, the […]