The definition of insanity is doing the same thing, but expecting different results. Jesus puts it this way: Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with…
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Make haste slowly. 146 days until we #RunRichmond
146 days out from the Richmond Marathon, what is this marathon training cycle teaching me? To slow down. Not just my training paces, but in thinking about my preparations for the marathon I need to slow down. I have to slow down to think carefully about what I want to accomplish. I have to slow…
my hope for my son? that he be greater than his teachers [read: parents]
There has been some talk about how this generation will be the first American generation in some time that will not be better off than their parents’ economically. Much has been made about the youth unemployment rate, and the difficulties of today’s college graduates in the job market with underemployment. While I cannot promise my…
what my newborn son has taught me about resting in God
This is my superstar: A couple of weeks ago, my wife was unquestionably my superstar, but now she has some intense competition. (I mean, look at this guy!) But this guy is my superstar, at least for the moment, because he’s teaching me lessons about life I couldn’t learn if it was still just my…
can you ensure maximum returns on the investment of your soul?
Look at the following passage: And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the…