Erasers Erasers are wonderful things. They allow us to correct mistakes or revisit a thought that made all the sense in the world when we wrote it, but now you wonder, “What was I thinking?” Revelation 3:5 is one of the Bible’s many “if-then” statements, and it mentions an eraser we want nothing to do with. Jesus had just finished […]
Consider the Cost Today’s title is wise counsel for anyone building a building, starting a business, planning a wedding, buying a home, or making a cross-country move. There are also student loans, auto maintenance, utility and insurance bills. Don’t forget the subtle ones; wrong decisions, wrong materials on a job, and I could go on. There are so many details […]
Put On I remember using a phrase in my younger days when someone had just said something hard to believe, either in general or because it was coming out of their mouth: “Are you putting me on?” There were other versions that I won’t quote here. Then there was our caring mother asking, “Did you put on clean socks and […]
Own It Remember when your kids were little and a dispute arose among them? The first to tell his story blamed it on his sister. The sister blamed it on her brother. When I think back over my experience with my kids doing this, I smile, remembering how I had to negotiate a settlement between them. But the heart behind […]
Every Good Gift The biggest gift-giving time of year is five months behind us, but there are plenty more opportunities during the year. Consider graduation, birthdays, anniversaries, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and many made-up ones. Whether giver or receiver, we don’t want to miss a chance to have a party. And we often invest a lot of time coming up […]
Enough Is Enough Today’s title is often a statement of frustration when we reach our self-imposed standard of acceptability for the behavior of others and we feel there is little or nothing we can do about it. We might say it to our children when they are fighting among themselves. We could yell it at the TV when the political […]