Law of the Locker Room (Men only)
At the gym, if only two men are in an otherwise-empty locker room, it will turn out their lockers are right next to each other. 00
Character, Dreams and Pure Joy
Testing your faith is also testing your character. As water reflects your face, so your heart reflects ‘you’. How is your heart in the face of trials, set-backs, on-slogging disappointments? can you believe your best is yet to come? Can…
Ambition: good or evil?
Don’t question ambition, question instead the character of the ambitious one, for character determines whether the ambition is good or evil, noble or base. 00
How We Raised Three Passionate Daughters*
(*Previously published in The Gang Magazine) We have three daughters—Nikki, Michelle, and Shayna—and one much younger son, Casey. I remember leaving the hospital after Nikki was born, going to some Denny’s type restaurant in Burbank, bumming a cigarette (I don’t normally…
Pain of Discipline or the Pain of Regret
I love adventuring, going to new places — or even tramping old favorite grounds. I’ve been cycling & camping in Mammoth, CA in July when it snowed!!! Cabining with my son at a Boy Scout camp in the Pacific Palisades, conferencing…
Greed Satiated
What if Getting Everything I Want was the answer to satiating greed? You could solve my problem: give me everything I want. Everything I want, Everything I need, Give to me, give to me Satiate my greed. God, you’re all…
Prayer vs Good thoughts
Good news with distinction: I’m not just ‘sending thoughts your way’, I’m praying for you. When I pray for you, I’m talking to God. When I send thoughts your way, you’ll get an email or a text. 00
Life Change
“We see information on health soaring, and yet we have seen an increase in obesity adult diabetes and other preventable preventable diseases. “We see information on finances everywhere, yet a rising debt and mismanaged money. Information needs to be coupled…
Need Evidence?
Need evidence? Actions demonstrate beliefs. It’s what we do, not what we say That puts our faith upon display. Sure, listen all day to what they say, but if you really need to know who they are: Watch what they…
Pack Your Own Bag
My 12 year old son and I were going on a weekend trip to the mountains. He asked me to pick out his clothes to pack his travel bag. I’m a fathering father, so my answer was “You do it.…
Offspring
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Grace
I’ve staked my hope & future on the grace of God, –and I hope He keeps it coming my way, otherwise i’m screwed. For my life has had two recurring themes, Try and Fail. Neither look good on…
Solving Problems: Step One
A mentor once told me whenever I have a problem, the first thing to do is step to the mirror and ask, “Could it be me? Am I the source of the problem? am I doing something wrong here?…
Two Step Formula for Change
A friend of mine, who is an alcoholic, offended another friend during a drinking bout. Later he apologized. When the alcoholic said “I am sorry,” his friend replied, “You are a sorry specimen because you apologize, but you have…
Death behind the IHOP
Between the pancake house and the Fitness center is where he died. I walked into the scene. A desperate, frantic wife was improvising mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on her failing husband, where he lay half in the car, his feet splayed out…
A Deadhead’s Story
“Sugar Magnolia, blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don’t care” — Grateful Dead I shared an outdoors lunch table at a restaurant in Phoenix with a ghastly looking guy name Jacob–glazed eyes, long matted hair, a distant disposition. His story:…
Chocolate & Dry Cookies
Tuesday night at the Boy Scouts after the Court of Honor ceremony, snacks were being served. From across the room, the tray of dry cookies choked on sight–but wait: a tiered pyramid of Hershey’s milk chocolate bars—my favorite!! I love…
Deathbed Regrets (how to avoid them)
Note: this post originally published on http://thegangmagazine.com/ Bronnie Ware worked in end-of-life care for the elderly. Her patients were those who had come home to die. She was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their…
It’s complicated (not)
You want to talk spiritual truths? It’s not that complicated. Jesus said everything flows from two major principles: (continued)
That person at the crosswalk
That person who stands at the crosswalk repeatedly pressing the chirping button to cross the street; and the crosswalk button that responds with benign neglect. 00
