You can’t. You can’t decide how other people think or act. Do you agree? I’m working on some stuff for a group of kids who asked me to talk to them about leadership. Their question: “We’re supposed to be leaders. How can we stop bullying behavior in school?” My honest answer, sadly, is that they […]
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What does it mean to follow Jesus? Personally, I think I make it harder than He intended. This week I’m thinking about simple. I have a nagging feeling that we make a lot of things harder than they need to be. I don’t want to ignore life’s harsh realities, but I’d like to see if […]
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Happy Monday! I hope your week’s off to a great start. Maybe I can help a bit with today’s word-of-the-week… Simple Do you ever feel like you make things harder than necessary? I’ve written about this before (Complex Simplicity) but I want to revisit it this week. Life is complex. No doubt that there are […]
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Happy Saturday! In my last newsletter I mentioned that I regularly read a number of blogs. Readers responded with some good questions, and I thought I’d answer one of them: “How do you find good, interesting stuff?” Mostly it’s a process of referral. Whenever a writer I trust mentions another blog, I check it out. […]
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Have you ever read a passage of scripture that seemed to smack you right between the eyes? Last night our small group encountered these verses. As they were read aloud I literally rolled my chair backward and said something profound like, “Huh.” For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as […]
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Has anyone ever told you “it’s all in your head?” Do you think it’s true? I was working outside yesterday, enjoying a wonderful late-Autumn day. A man approached on the sidewalk, towing his little boy in a wagon. Dad stared straight ahead, and I could hear him talking. As they passed I could see the […]
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Do you ever sense that the more you know the less you know? Perhaps, at least for me, a more accurate assessment would be “the more I know the less I learn.” Reconciled? Some time ago I read a discussion of Second Corinthians (don’t recall exactly where) that ended with a confusing, and somewhat accusatory, […]
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Happy Monday. Today’s word-of-the-week won’t surprise anyone in the U.S. It election season, and I’m really tired of political… HATE Am I the only person who’s frustrated with the endless exaggerations, half-truths, and personal attacks that pass for political dialogue? I know—why don’t I just avoid or ignore them? Actually, I mostly do just that. […]
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Happy Saturday! Becky Blanton went from award-winning writer to invisible person. She explains how she changed, almost instantly, even though she didn’t change at all. If you can’t view the video, click here to watch it on my site. Have a great weekend!
Continue readingWhat’s Fair? (Part 2)
The most unfair thing we could possibly do is to treat everyone exactly the same. Do you agree? I want to follow up on yesterday’s story about fairness. I recapped a conversation with a guy who definitely disagreed with the opening quote. John believed that allocating a disproportionate share of resources to those with special […]
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Did I really just see my first Christmas decorations? Seriously? Here’s a link to the very early holiday edition of Rich’s Semi-Regular Newsletter. Thanks for all of your continued support.
Continue readingWhat’s Fair? (Part 1)
Do you believe in fairness? Do you try to treat everyone equally? I had a curious conversation recently. Seated over lunch at an event with some men I’d just met, one guy (correctly) observed that the entrance to the building was a challenge for someone in a wheelchair. Another man (I’ll call him John) noted […]
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