Another week. Another opportunity to make a difference, to be generous, to matter. Another word-of-the-week: INSPIRATION What inspires you? I’m inspired when I see someone take a risk, overcome obstacles, and accomplish something great. That sort if example makes me want to step out of the shadows of my tendency to seek safety and predictability. […]
Continue readingThe Lord’s Prayer
I hope you’re enjoying a blessed and peaceful Easter weekend. Does prayer ever become something of a formality for you? I struggle with prayer. My mind wanders, I lose focus, I’m in too much of a hurry. On this important day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, I want to do a little better. Someone […]
Continue readingGifts And Rewards
When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to […]
Continue readingLeading Or Herding?
We must become the change we wish to see in the world. Ghandi What’s required to change the world? Let’s think big, beyond small-time issues like economy and war. What do you think it would take to really change the world?
Continue readingSemi-Regular Newsletter 3/31/2010
Here’s a link to the March 31, 2010 edition of Rich’s Semi-Regular Newsletter. This edition includes a humbling story and a new video. Amazing–a quarter of 2010 is history. Enjoy!
Continue readingHow To Change Another Person
Why is it the people who need the most help… won’t take it? Norman Maclean (A River Runs Through It) Who’s that person in your life who needs to change? Perhaps a boss bullies and controls or fosters chaos through indecisiveness. Maybe a coworker refuses to communicate or a friend follows a self-destructive path. Possibly […]
Continue readingTranquility
Someone commented last week that “Happy Monday” is an oxymoron. I think it was a joke. Monday is word-of-the-week day, and this week’s word is TRANQUILITY In case you haven’t noticed, the world isn’t an especially tranquil place. Wars rage in many corners of the globe. Anger, conflict, and hostility seem to permeate media, business, […]
Continue readingFifteen Lessons I Learned From My Dog
Last week Monte and I visited with some kids and parents about service dogs as part of a Spring Break series about working dogs. I shared some of the lessons I’ve learned from sharing life with Monte. This video shows some of the slides I used. I hope you enjoy it. What else have you […]
Continue readingToughest Forgiveness
Forgiveness is giving up the possibility of a better past. Is there someone you just can’t seem to forgive? For some reason, forgiveness is on my mind lately. I’ve written a couple of posts (The Real Power Of Forgiveness and Forgiveness isn’t …) but it’s still poking at me. After some conversation with God (prayer) […]
Continue readingThe Real Power Of Forgiveness
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. Lewis Smedes A few days ago I posted an article advancing a revolutionary notion: Forgiveness isn’t … easy. No kidding. We all struggle to forgive when we’ve been hurt. That’s sort of obvious. So here’s a question: If it’s so […]
Continue readingFaithful And Lacking Faith
Here’s this week’s contribution to the One-Word-At-A-Time Blog Carnival. I encourage you to click the link and check out some of the other carnival attractions. As we work our way through the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5), this week’s word is: FAITHFULNESS For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our […]
Continue readingOptimism
Happy Monday. It’s a good day for this particular word-of-the-week. OPTIMISM: an inclination to put the most favorable construction upon actions and events or to anticipate the best possible outcome. I’m not naturally optimistic. Somewhere along the line I learned to anticipate the worst. It’s a tendency that’s caused me a lot of problems, but old […]
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