Just pretend for a second

I was having a lunch with a friend the other day and he was wrestling with his career choice. He is tired, bored, wondering if this is it. Work to make money, spend money to rest up, so he can go back to work. You get it. So I said pretend that there is this...

My new salutation

I have always tried to pray with my children. They try to pray with me as well. Recently I have been bugged by their prayers, everything was “God give us a good day”; “God give us a good night sleep”; “Bless this food to our bodies”; “Help aunt so and so feel better”;...

Day 5-8

Giving Challenge. Day 5 Volunteered to help at the Carnival for the local elementary school where my kids attend. It was good. Started at 3 ended at 9. Met some nice people. Worked hard. Day 6 Gave my mother in law some of my brute strength. I helped move some things...

Day 4

Day 4 Generosity Challenge Emotional commentary My neighbor has a friend who visits every so often. They call him Big Eric. I like Big Eric. While riding bikes with my son, we stopped and talked. He told us about the “Shrink Wrap” convention that brought him to...

Day 3

Day 3 Generosity challenge Emotional commentary Sitting in my office at home the first day of the challenge, I saw something in my office that I really loved and felt the need to give it away. But I thought this would be my “go to” gift. You know, for the day when I...

Day 2

Day 2 of the generosity Challenge Emotional commentary So, as I stumbled through the pains of “spring forward” this morning, I thought about my day. What would I give, to whom? So I started thinking through my schedule for the day: of the people that I would be...