I had a little fatherhood metaphor moment over the holidays. Remember the old “Footprints in the Sand” poem? (You know the one where the guy can’t figure out why God left him when things got tough and God said, “That’s when I was carrying you.”) …
Read MoreCarry Your Cross Cartoon
This is a fun little cartoon that I received as an e-mail. It’s taken a few years to figure it out, but I finally know who the author is: Dong Haeng – http://www.donghaeng.net/english/main.htmV Luke 9:23; Matthew 16:24; and Mark 8:34 all tell of Jesus’ call for …
Read MoreMonkey Business
I just read a great article called “Management Time: Who’s got the Monkey?” by William Oncken Jr and Donald Wass. (It can be found in the Harvard Business Review Nov-Dec 1974 issue.) Anyway, they describe how leaders fail to manage their time. They describe a …
Read MoreStories I Need to Tell – Pretending to Sleep
My nephew Tyler was a little shy about his relationship with me and so he did something interesting one night. We were riding in the back of the car from an evening out to dinner or something and he pretended to be asleep. You see, …
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