Last one. I promise. For now. To close out this quarter — EXCERPT: In business, the concept of the premortem was coined by cognitive psychologist Gary Klein, and the late Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman called it “a brilliant idea.” The goal is to identify all the potential sources of failure on a project to improve the chances…

Fear not. There is hope — Radical doability means focusing on a limited number of goals at a time. If 2025 is your year for getting fit, it probably isn’t also the time to start decluttering your home or learning a new language. It also means daring to ask what you’d actually enjoy doing differently…

IV.  Make No Obligations For 33 years, I’ve lived a life of obligations.   Years upon years of meetings to attend, “Can’t Miss Conferences” places I absolutely HAD to be.  Reports to produce.  PowerPoints to present.  Analysis to conduct. Meetings to attend.  Conference calls to dial into.  Commutes to drive.  People to see. Flights to make.…

“Honor your father and mother” is the first commandment that has a promise attached to it, namely, “so you will live well and have a long life.” Fathers, don’t frustrate your children with no-win scenarios. Take them by the hand and lead them in the way of the Master. — Ephesians 6:2-4, the Message version

WHERE WE WERE YESTERDAY In a recent text convo with a friend, I wrote this —My dad (who died at 48, just before my Senior year in high school), regularly quoted to me a line attributed to Mark Twain: “When I was 13, my father was an idiot. It’s amazing how smart he got by…

With gratitude to Steve Colonel and Randall Standridge —- Dear Music Students, It’s that time of year again, time when you have to decide on the classes you’re going to take next year. I hope you will take it from someone who knows…. Stay in music. In 8th grade, I almost quit band. I had…

In a recent text convo with a friend, I wrote this — My dad (who died at 48, just before my Senior year in high school), regularly quoted to me a line attributed to Mark Twain: “When I was 13, my father was an idiot. It’s amazing how smart he got by the time I…

Merle Haggard…from long-time friend Joe Domingos, shared here with his gracious permission and his comment: “a shame Merle didn’t live quite long enough to see it happen” — [Verse 1] There’s a big brown cloud in the city And the countryside’s a sin And the price of life is too high to give up Got…

I look forward to hearing from you. What say you? — www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/31/miracles-and-wonder-elaine-pagels-book-review-heretic-catherine-nixey — What say you? I look forward to hearing from you.

Called to Contentment Observing Sabbath-rest allows us to step into the same rhythm God established in creating the world. Scripture tells us when God rested from His work, it was because His work was complete (Genesis 2:1). God took joy in His accomplishment. In Hebrews 4:10, the writer draws a parallel between God’s rest and…