That's what it's like to wait for the Lord
"I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning." I am not one who enjoys waiting. If I have a doctor's appointment or an appointment to fix my car, I take a book with me because simply sitting there, for me, is a torture worse than listening to someone dragging their finger nails on a chalkboard... or maybe the music playing while waiting on hold on th
"You're Supposed To Be a Loving God...."
"You're supposed to be a loving God. You're supposed to love us. And what have you done to us? Why did you do this to us?" As a parent and a grandfather, I get what this mother was crying out to God when separated from her daughter in the midst of the Katrina Hurricane. You know those moments when your child or grandchild is there one minute in the crowded retail store, and in the next minute you can't find them. Those are agonizing moments. The words from above are from an a
Character Counts!
In an article from the Harvard Business Review entitled, "Measuring the return on character," (April 2015, 20-21), they addressed the issue of unethical executives whose careers and companies went "down in flames" due to their "hubris and greed." The article wanted to see if the opposite of this type of character would show different results in success. They asked the question, "Do highly principled leaders and their organizations perform especially well?" According to resear
We Found Treasure!
I am sorry if you could not make our "Friends & Family Funday Sunday." It was a delight, and in the midst of it we discovered hidden treasures if we looked for them. Here is just a sampling: Good food made by good chefs and bakers Good fun in conversations around the table Good games to get us talking to one another Good prizes if your table won a round of our version of "Password" Good stories of how we met spouses, memorable moments of our childhood, etc. Hidden treasures i
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