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  • A Square in the Square

    Is there a place for a square in the public square?

  • Another Moment Within a Moment

    Sitting at McDonalds, in the Play Place to be specific, I am trying to crank out whatever I can.

  • Another Moment Within a Moment

    Sitting at McDonalds, in the Play Place to be specific, I am trying to crank out whatever I can.

  • I only had a moment to think about moments …

    Take the Moment Fritter, fright, flight, or flow. Those are the choices when time expected becomes time allotted and we are disappointed with the time we get.

  • Words Matter

    Words matter because, in some mysterious way, they are alive.

  • Writing in the Public Square

    The title could mean at least two different things. To write in the public square might mean to write something that is meant to be widely read and discussed among the public. That is a good thing. However, success depends upon writing well, addressing timely topics, creating interest, and attracting attention. I may or may…

  • More to Do

    There is more to do than can be done. There is a smorgasbord of fun. The race is longer than can be run. Face it; we are under the gun. So … do what you can while you can. "“As long as it is day, I must do the work of Him Who sent Me.…

  • Margins Too Wide and Too Narrow

    I’m working on margins. I come to this challenge from time to time and I find it to be a balancing act between making them too wide and too narrow.

  • Love Edifies through Words

    One implication of the fact that love edifies is manifest in our use of words to communicate knowledge. Knowledge, of the sort that puffs up, is shared with the goal of aggrandizing ourselves and asserting our superiority over ideas and people. Love, when shared in words and deeds, is for the good of others. We…

  • Love Edifies

        "… Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies."  – I Corinthians 8:1 (NKJV) To edify is to build something from the ground up … like people … toward the direction of their purposes and dreams. We can know much and build little. Knowledge plus pride is just puffiness. Knowledge plus love brings wisdom. Wisdom…