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Observations of Life

  • Getting Out of Hot Water with People Skills

    One seldom gets in hot water for what is said. The problem is usually how it is said. Continue reading

  • Tools, Drools, and Fools

    Funny Day – most of it at St Arbucks (Thanks for the nomenclature, Dave.) It started with my speech to Toastmaster's about inviting people to Toastmasters – got to do that within the hour. I met a very inspiring young… Continue reading

  • Parable of the Life-Saving Station

    In other words, the gospel addresses every dimension of life, beginning with and centering on the spiritual. Redemptive reconciliation starts at the core and radiates into every area where people live as individuals and in community. Continue reading

  • Hand-Holding in Ministry

    God has been speaking to my heart this week deeply, profoundly, and lovingly through my own devotional times and through the ministry of Dr. Richard Blackaby. The same messages can be heard at the Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary website under… Continue reading

  • An Old Oak

    Empires come and empires go. We may not feel invincible ourselves, but we may believe that others are and dream of building a dynasty that nothing could collapse. Nothing and no one is invulnerable, but that is not to suggest… Continue reading

  • Ferral Cats and Domesticated Blue Jays

    We have a strange paradox. My mother-in-law's apartment adjoins our house. As a result, we witness all of her patio activity which include the feeding of her wild cats who are letting us get a few inches closer each month… Continue reading