#TuesdayT – Humility
Someone recently asked my opinion about how my local church conducts its weekend services. I told this person that while I would prefer some changes be made, I take the vow I make every September – to submit to the leadership of the Trustees, Elders, and Staff -very seriously. Therefore, my opinions are only that, […]
#TheoThursday Ecclesiastes
, Welcome to another semi-regular reoccurring post entitled, #TheoThursday. These posts will examine the intersection of faith and career. The goal is for the reader to come away with new appreciation for how relevant the Bible is to their life. Disclaimer: The Bible is misinterpreted all the time. Not only does misinterpretation cause harm, it […]
Interdependance
I often dream about managing a major league baseball team. While I imagine the job would be more difficult than most baseball fans think, I’d enjoy the rhythm of the baseball season. Think about some of the advantages: clear definition around who wins and who loses, the games have a definitive end to them, so […]
Reflections on “Training the Mind.”
Back in January, I wrote a post about training the mind, and used the example of my putting routine in golf to demonstrate one area in which I was working on doing so. I said that I would report back in October to how the golf season went, so that is what I am doing […]
Blog Housekeeping
Reflecting has become a major part of my weekly routine. Not only do I utilize Michael Hyatt’s Full Focus Planner, I also have begun using his journal. The journal gives 8 questions/prompts that help one reflect on their day. My routine is to use the journal Monday through Thursday, and the weekly review in the Full […]
The Beauty of Work Problems
It was a week before Christmas. Our 6-week-old son, Ben, was terribly sick. So sick that he could hardly breath. He had RSV, and things progressed from the doctor’s office, to the hospital, to the hospital with the best PICU in our area. Thankfully, our story ended on Christmas Eve when we took Ben home. […]
End the Work Day
When is your work day completely over? In the last week, there have been two times that I have ignored my kids after reading emails in the evening that worked me up and claimed my mental attention. As I mentioned in prior posts, my official email stop time is at 8 p.m., so in both […]
Getting to Know the “Other”
I often comment in the middle of posts that I write about what I think my wife, Sarah, will say to me when she edits the post. I can do this rather accurately because I know my wife better than anyone else on the planet. Likewise, she knows me better than anyone else. This intimacy […]
Organizational Pride
In any physical endeavor, there is a line between pushing yourself too far and not pushing yourself enough. As I wrote about recently, I have not only been dealing with a shoulder injury lately, I have been pushing through the pain. After all, improvement is always hard. At some point, however, I have to ask […]
It Is (Still) Supposed to Be Hard
Why am I surprised when I get injured at the gym? As I write these words, I have a shoulder injury, tightness in my quadriceps, and I feel run down. The Evernote file I use to track my lifts tells me that I have made progress the last thirty days, yet progress has come with […]