Notes from the week.

I watched a video by our local Habitat for Humanity branch. It’s about the difference that owning a home has made for a couple people in Nashville. At the end is a graphic with a simple question: “What will YOU build?” The question has been nagging at me all week. I listened to an episode […]

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A pause.

I could run another post from the archives this morning. I’d rather tell you that I’m scrambling to finish up my Nehemiah book this week, we’re working with other family members to help take care of our parents, and I’ve been in a few too many evening events. My guess is that you are busy, […]

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Sometimes there is nothing I can do, again.

This was first published March 18, 2011.  I want to help. I want to solve problems. I want to help you take care of whatever is going wrong. When someone calls with a question, with a concern, with a problem, I want to fix it. When someone is unhappy, I want to make them happy. […]

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Every Monday for the rest of the year.

I published this in January. And maybe we haven’t done any of these this year. But it’s still possible to start today and say, “I’ve done this for the last seven Mondays of 2013. There is still time to make this statement: “I’ve done this every Monday in 2013.” All you have to do is […]

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A Bird in the hand is worth it.

I showed Hope the book. She just graduated from college. She’s familiar with big books. “I love the margins,” she said. “I love the layout.” When you are going to spend time with a book, slow study time, the design matters. And Evangelical Theology by Michael Bird is a well-designed book. The margins are wide, […]

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