When I was a kid, I would sometimes help my sister with her homework. Last night, as I was thinking about what I was going to say today, I thought: My sister would have a good childhood memory that would fit. I’m so grateful that I called her. She remembers as a teenager…
When you love deeply, when you make space for someone in your heart, when you allow yourself to be vulnerable, you are taking a chance. Taking a chance with love is always worth it, though. The risk of course is that if you lose a loved one that you made a space for, then it…
Thursday on the way to work, God met with me again (for those that don’t have personal experience with this, think of it as thinking about things and gaining an understanding that the answers are not coming from yourself). As I left home for work that morning I was sort of thinking about and also…
After returning home from Honduras, I wrote the following reflection: In Honduras, we were blessed to serve alongside many great translators. I was particularly blessed by the serving spirit of Mery Ferrari aka April aka Avril aka **This is what servant leadership looks like***. April was always looking for ways to serve, even if it…
When I got back from Honduras, God wanted me to share this: First, let me say that it was such a blessing to serve with this team. Second, I’m reminded of the mountain top experience found in Matthew 17 (see below) and would like to ask for continued prayer from our prayer warriors. As you…
I’m going to post my writings that God inspired me to write during and after our missions trip to Honduras. I’ll make it into a serious and post links to them all here when they are available. [ Part 2 ] [ Part 3 ] On July 8th, I posted the following: I shared a…
The journey to gratitude often starts with a single step or a leap of faith. It generally isn’t hard for me to deal with change, since adaptability is one of my strengths. However, there are still hard things in life, which are put there for a reason. Perhaps they are put there so that we…
If I realize that everything I am and everything I have comes from God, how can I be anything but grateful? From creation through the end of time, God had his plan for me. I am blessed today to feel such freedom and peace throughout the day. It is such a blessing to have a…
I’ve seen several variations on the what I am thankful for theme for various reasons. Since my word of the year is gratitude, I thought that, at least for today, I would do a what I am thankful for post, stream of consciousness style of course :). I am thankful for the new year and…
I was hanging out with Toby this morning and I started singing “Tu Fildelidad”, which is a song in Spanish meaning “Your Faithfulness.” It is a song we sang often in Honduras, and I especially liked singing it to Toby in the womb while in Honduras and when we got back. It got me thinking…
I think people wonder where is the fairness and why do we have to suffer through such sad, hard things? The true desire of her heart is to have children to love. How many parents don’t even plan for or appreciate their children? Universally people seem to have the hardest time with the issue of…
It’s not everyday that the things I do and think about at work mix with the national news, but today is one of those days. The actions of the NSA is being carefully scrutinized these days, but when it comes to portraying IT, computers, and automation, they can quickly paint a different picture of the…
According to to Wikipedia the term futurist most commonly refers to: “authors, consultants, organizational leaders and others who engage in interdisciplinary and systems thinking to advise private and public organizations on such matters as diverse global trends, plausible scenarios, emerging market opportunities and risk management.” As the author and perfecter of the Christian faith as we know it today Jesus Christ may be one…
Paula is one of the best whole food / whole health mentors that I have ever had. Her perspective on food and whole health has changed my life. I am more at peace with my food and health decisions than I ever was. Growing up I was a bottomless pit. I ate anything and I…
When I first starting writing this post. I started with the title “Just Write Something :)”. I’ve since went back and updated the title to reflect the actual content of the post. I hope this post leads you to not only find great content, but also to create great content. I spend too much time…
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