Yesterday: “People change when they hurt enough that they have to change, learn enough that they want to change, receive enough that they are able to change.” ~ John C. Maxwell Been there, done that. On all three counts: hurt,…

“People change when they hurt enough that they have to change, learn enough that they want to change, receive enough that they are able to change.” ~ John C. Maxwell Been there, done that. On all counts: hurt, learned, and…

From an online forgotten source — Pre-Internet: Searching for a word to describe a thing Post-Internet: Searching for things to match a word —- Meanwhile, “God is not a God of confusion, but of peace.” (1st Corinthians 14:33)

Michelle Rhee, subject of the Sundance film Festival award winning Waiting for Superman —- “When you are leading, you have to lead from the front. “That means if you get too mired in the muck of things and get too…

Wow and double wow.Copied from Reading is My Therapy —- There comes a time in life when you start asking quieter, deeper questions. Not about what you’ve done—but about what you’ve meant.Not about your resume—but your remembrance.What will they carry…

With gratitude to David F. Watson*—- It is moments like these in which the church must remain principled. We cannot allow ourselves to be swept up in political fervor, lest we lose our prophetic witness. We must call out injustice…

In the last moments of the last episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show — “A family is people who make you feel less alone and really loved, and that’s what you are for me.”  —- Who’s that for you?

Ryan Davis was being interviewed* on songwriting by Amanda Petrusich — Maybe it all really really does matter, I offered: a word, a syllable, the particular weight and balance of a line. Davis nodded. If it doesn’t matter, then what…

Ethan Bernstein and Michael B. Horn suggest these four provocative questions to use to help you hold onto good people in the workforce — When was the last time you almost quit? When was the most recent time that work didn’t feel like…

Posted by an online friend — I had a problem, a serious problem. I muttered, maybe thought, “Help me. Please, please, someone help me.”I wasn’t aware that Grace had entered my life, then. But from the moment saw myself curled…