How Do You Use Your Lightning-Fast Mind?
In the 90s, as the Associate Director of Communications at the University of Manitoba, I received this Inuit stone carving in appreciation for the “innovative idea” I had for an intra-campus courier service. Of course, we’ll have great ideas for witty inventions and innovations if we actually use these “lightning fast minds” that were made…
It’s Not Over Till I Win
Out of some pretty tough circumstances, my daughter wrote and recorded a song entitled “It’s Not Over Till I Win”. The chorus of the song goes like this: “I’m not givin’ up. I’m not givin’ in. I’ve got to keep believing. It’s not over till I win! I’m not givin’ up! I’m not givin’ in.…
Growing Older is Fun, as Long as You Do It With the Right People
This is my dear friend, Jo Silvey Our birthdays are just a couple of weeks apart so we celebrated and “caught up” yesterday. Jo has been our family’s hair stylist for years along with the many other attributes she has that has blessed our family for a very long time. She drove to Tulsa from…
We Aren’t Looking For a Party; We Are a Party, Just Looking For a Place to Land
Today is my granddaughter’s 17th birthday and, YIKES, she has her own big plans for this day with her friends after church! What happened to a carefully, meticulously, planned party with party favors, a theme-decorated cake, ice cream, and party games, and lots of guests showing up at their house for the party-of-the-year? This year,…
Taking Safety Measures Against the Enemy
Yesterday afternoon, I and other greeters at my church attended a Mandatory Greeter Safety Environment Training. I wasn’t sure what that meant until I heard the explanation by the City of Dallas’ Police Department’s Commander of Strategic Forces, who is a member of our church and is the Coordinator of our church’s Safety Ministry. I…
A Window of Opportunity
I wasn’t planning on returning home to Frisco until today, but I saw the “warnings” about the torrential rain that was soon to hit Austin around noon yesterday and the rains expected to hit Frisco that would go on into today. Knowing it was God’s wisdom in that “window of opportunity”, I quickly packed up…
What Distracts Us From Who is Most Important
While taking my 14-year-old grandson to school yesterday, he asked me whether I had read C.S. Lewis’ book, “The Screwtape Letters”, as it is his required reading for English this semester. I hadn’t, though I have great respect for C.S. Lewis’ notoriety as one of the premier writers of his times and, even now, his…
What I Learned in our History Class
My 11-year-old grandson and I checked off “completed” by his home-school subjects one-by-one yesterday. I get to be his “substitute” teacher when His mom is away. The best part is I find that I learn as much as he does when we’re “in class”. Some of his curriculum (i.e., American History, geography, and reading) are…
The Last Word: “And Many More…..”
Are you one of those who has to have the last word? If so, then at the conclusion of singing “Happy Birthday” to someone, you probably added the big finish: “and mannny more!!” I always sing “and many more” under my breath in hopes that my quiet wish might help to safeguard the birthday boy…