Work On Your Marriage
I dig my wife. I hope that if you’ve spent more than 1.7 seconds with me, you pick up on that fact. We met over 19 years ago as high school sweethearts, and she still...
Monthly Archive: March 2010
Relationship Rules
I’ve had two pretty major relational upheavals in my life lately that have left me quite shaken: my hair cut lady left the chain I’ve been going to for seven years, and my mechanic moved...
An Open Letter to an Anonymous Donor
Dear Benevolent Benefactor: As the veteran of 17+ years of dwelling in church offices, this shouldn’t surprise me. It really shouldn’t. In my first ministry position, my “office” was a glorified card table in the...
Topical Tuesdays: Here Come De Judge
We’re in the middle of a several-week series called Topical Tuesdays, where you pick the topic and I make up answers. You can add your topic / question to the list by commenting on this...
Chutzpah
chutz·pa [khoot-spuh, hoot-] –noun 1. unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall. 2. audacity; nerve. 3. my 12 year old standing above the student section at Cameron on Saturday night. Needless to say, this was a “before” picture. The “after”...
Flip-Your-Lid Friday
In case you’re not one of the three million Americans who have viewed this flippin’ amazing video, take 3:53 and watch it. I don’t even want to think about how long it took ’em to...
Get to the Point
I’m not a world-class public speaker, but I do know that one of the unbreakable rules is that you should get to the point. Get to it soon, repeat it often, and make sure your...
Operators Are Standing By…
The French have done it again. A Parisian phone company has set up a “Dial-A-Confession” line where Roman Catholics can call in and purge their souls for a fee. You can ask for advice on...
Topical Tuesday: Guestology Theology
We’re in the middle of a several-week series called Topical Tuesdays, where you pick the topic and I make up answers. You can add your topic / question to the list by commenting on this...
Parents, We Need To Behave.
I’ve been thinking a lot about parenting lately, (a) because I are one, and (2) because it’s Very Hard Work. If you’re a parent, you know that to be true. These are people that you...
