Image courtesy of Carol Brown on Flickr, under Creative Commons License If you have a group of people who trust you, look to you, depend on you, or otherwise allow you to influence them, then you are an influencer — a person of influence. It doesn’t matter whether you consider yourself a “leader” or not.Continue reading “Attention People of Influence!”
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Church — The Five Things I Dislike Most
Image courtesy of Richard Croft under this Creative Commons License In my last post, I covered the five things I like most about church. In this one I will take on some of the things I dislike most. To be honest this is going to be hard to keep to five. A lot of things frustrate meContinue reading “Church — The Five Things I Dislike Most”
Church — The Five Things I Like Most
Church people and everyone else aren’t as different as you might think. Both groups tend toward black and white thinking — that things are all good or all bad. In truth, everything is touched both with sacredness and profanity. We are shocked and mystified when we see profane acts and words proceeding from supposedly sacredContinue reading “Church — The Five Things I Like Most”
Reflections on the Near-Suicide of my Daughter
Sunday (June 24) was a special day for us. One year ago Sunday, our lives were torn apart when we discovered that our youngest daughter, Anna, had taken a bunch of pills the previous evening with a serious intent to commit suicide. One year ago Sunday I was sitting next to her in theContinue reading “Reflections on the Near-Suicide of my Daughter”
Thoughts on humility, inspired by Green Day
Image courtesy of Globovision on Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons. Green Day Thanks to Green Day for inspiring me to think about humility today. While working on Twitter I was listening to Green Day’s album 21st Century Breakdown. I’m not a huge fan of the band, but I did enjoy their previous album American Idiot, soContinue reading “Thoughts on humility, inspired by Green Day”
What I Believe (a.k.a. My Scary, Ultra-Liberal Ideas)
[This post was originally published on June 24, 2010. The content has been edited, updated, and expanded.] I write this coming off a hard week of Facebook exchanges with a conservative Christian. Good guy, from what I can tell, with a good heart. Just very conservative. So I now have this picture of myself asContinue reading “What I Believe (a.k.a. My Scary, Ultra-Liberal Ideas)”
Re-post: M is for Marriage
Image courtesy of Maria Rosaria Sannino on Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons [I am currently blogging, along with my daughter, all the way through the alphabet. Check out how the idea started, and get the rules here]. Things I have learned about marriage over the past 22 1/2 years: Marriage is more about becoming the rightContinue reading “Re-post: M is for Marriage”
Get Caught Up on Breaking Bad
If you, like me, are a fan of AMC’s hit show Breaking Bad, but have missed one or more seasons, this 9-minute video will get you caught up on the first four seasons so you are ready for the start of season 5 on July 15. Check out Breaking Bad on AMC
A (Virtually) Guaranteed Way to Save/Improve Your Marriage
Photo courtesy of Gregory Jordan, under Creative Commons License Marriage research has come a long way in the last twenty years. Therapists used to try to save marriages by helping couples improve their communication and conflict resolution skills. Indeed, this is still what many therapists are doing to help marriages improve. The problem is, weContinue reading “A (Virtually) Guaranteed Way to Save/Improve Your Marriage”
My Worst Mistakes and Lessons from Them
Photo courtesy of elycefeliz on Flickr. Used under Creative Commons License. We have all made mistakes. Hopefully we learn from them. Here are what I currently believe to be my biggest mistakes and what others might learn from them. Mistake #1. Getting married young I love my wife but getting married as young as we didContinue reading “My Worst Mistakes and Lessons from Them”
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