Category: Word of the Week

Happy Monday! From Twitter, that fountain of eternal wisdom, comes the inspiration for today’s word-of-the-week… BIRTH “Christmas means nothing without Easter. Jesus’ birth is meaningless without His death.” I get the point, but I’d take issue with this tweet from a well-known Christian pastor. Frankly, I can’t think of a context in which Jesus’ birth […]

Happy Monday! I took a really winding path to today’s word-of-the-week… BELIEVE Do you really believe what you believe? A guy told me a few days ago that the most important thing we can do is tell people the truth of scripture, especially when it hurts. I asked him to explain. He said people need […]

Happy Monday! My desire to be part of our current unofficial national sport inspires today’s word-of-the-week… SHOPPING As a kid, I thought Thanksgiving involved some combination of food and football, and I never was quite sure which was more important. I’ve learned to value the “thankful” aspect of the holiday. But sometime Thursday afternoon it […]

Happy Monday! A random encounter with a radio dial brings me today’s word-or-the-week… MAIN You know how it works. You jump in the car, flip on the radio, and you’re inserted into whatever’s happening on that particular frequency. I arrived just in time to hear the guy proclaim, “The MAIN POINT in life is to […]

Happy Monday! Sometimes I wonder about myself and why I think of things like today’s word-of-the-week… INSIDERS Do you ever think about how much of what we do is aimed at insiders? I’m not sure why, but recently I’m struck by how my “church stuff” resembles a closed circle. It just doesn’t seem like I’m […]

Happy Monday! I’m right in the middle of today’s word-of-the-week… CHANGE In thirty-five years as an educator I worked with some incredibly creative individuals. We discovered that, like any large organization, systematic change was often easy to talk about but difficult to accomplish. I developed my own semi-sarcastic adage: The only problem with change is […]

Happy Monday! My lovely wife inspires today’s word-of-the-week… PUZZLE Becky likes doing jigsaw puzzles, and she talks a lot about life’s issues in “puzzle” terms. This weekend our church focused on the issue of orphan care. With such an enormous, multi-faceted problem, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Afterward, as we talked about the huge numbers […]

Happy Monday! For today, a momentous, significant, important word-of-the-week… SERIOUS I think we’re too serious, most of the time, about most things. Becky’s reading a wonderful book called Love Does, by Bob Goff. I’m struck by how often she giggles out loud as she’s reading. Bob writes deeply and passionately about following Jesus in the […]

Happy Monday! Okay, it’s a little weird, but for today’s word-of-the-week I’m thinking about NOTHING “Nothing” is an odd word. How can you write a blog post about nothing? You can play interesting word games with “nothing.” For example: A crust of bread is better than nothing, and nothing is better than a big, juicy […]

Happy Monday! My last couple of posts inspire today’s word-of-the-week… RIPPLES I’ve been thinking and writing about Influence for a few days. I have no desire for power, but I want to be intentional about enhancing my influence. Last week I compared our influence to the Ripples created by a falling leaf on the surface […]

Happy Monday! I’ve been immersed in this week’s word-of-the-week… NEW When was the last time you tried something completely new? I’ve been having problems with the RICH’S RIDE website. It’s been vulnerable to hackers and viruses, and I finally decided I had to create a fresh site that’s a bit more stable. This presented two […]

Happy Monday! The last few days surrounded me with today’s word-of-the-week… BLESSINGS I’ve been working on the latest edit of the new book manuscript. The process has provided the opportunity to re-read, and vicariously re-experience, the story that unfolded exactly a year ago as we rolled along the Mississippi River. I’m overwhelmed as I understand […]