You and I have to decide what we try to accomplish in life - at work, at play, for hobbies, in relationships, in matters of more eternal significance... you can think of other categories. We can either slide by with some perceived minimum amount of effort or we can imagine and attempt things that most …
Leap Year Lesson #9: Reduce the Noise
For many of us, information overload is an everyday reality. Between emails, texts, websites we frequent, phone calls, print media, broadcast media, news sources, etc., we have more information coming at us than we reasonably have time to absorb. Add to these the simple things of wanting to read an occasional book or pursue an …
Leap Year Lesson #8: Listen to Your Body
I stayed home this morning and slept as late as my dog would allow. That isn't normal for me on a Sunday morning because I love being involved in my church. Attending Bible study and worship are not just Sunday morning habits, but vital parts of being in a community of faith. Normally, there is …
Leap Year Lesson #7: Go the extra mile (or step)
While walking into Target Saturday morning, I was walking a little behind a father who was carrying his young son. As they got within a couple of feet of the door, the son reached back over his father's shoulder toward the giant red balls near the curb. The father turned away from the door, walked …
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Leap Year Lesson #6: Be There
Earlier today my colleague, John, posted the following as a Facebook status update: "One of my New Year's resolutions this year is I will not have a conversation with you if, at the same time, you are reading your text messages and texting people. It is rude. I will politely say, 'I'll wait till you …
