I’m sleepy. I’m tired. I have clothes that need to be washed and dishes that need to be put away. My refrigerator is almost empty. When I walked across the kitchen floor earlier, I felt something sticky on the bottom of my sock. Whatever it was, it’s still there. I’m already planning to cancel my morning jog, go to bed without brushing my teeth, again, hit snooze twice, and wear the same pants I wore yesterday to work because, hey they are black, it’s convenient, and no one will Continue Reading
Less Mess. More Messiah.
Fun Fact: the image for the movie “The Truman Show” looks really pixelated, right? Turns out, this image is made up of tiny clips from every scene in the movie. How creative is that! If you zoom into any one section you will see that no scene was left out. It was all used to create this nice picture that now serves as the main graphic for this film. . . . and so, it is with us! God is able and willing to use all of the scenes of our lives—the good, the bad and the ugly—to create a beautiful Continue Reading
Practice
I remember a professor telling our graduating class that we can never lose our degree. We may lose the license to practice our craft, but once that degree has been issued, that’s it. This was not new and profound information. But just hearing him say it made the absolute nature of this truth more vivid in my mind. I thought, “You mean there is no error or misconduct that can strip this degree away from me? Wow!” Similar thoughts came to mind as I read the first several chapters of 1 Continue Reading