We've seen this past week the impact of what happens when expectations are not met for something to happen quickly. In the rush of last-minute buying and shipping of Christmas presents, untold numbers of packages went undelivered by the "guaranteed" delivery dates. As a result, people either had to do without presents on the intended …
Looking Around the Corner at 2014
With Christmas behind us and the new year just around the corner, it's time to use our mental periscopes and peek around that corner into 2014. It's time to finalize the goals that will absorb much of our attention for the next 12 months. Have you thought about any accomplishments you'd like to achieve for …
My Christmas Wish For You
Christmas exists to remember and celebrate the first coming of Christ to a world in need of a savior. As a colleague at work said this week, he'd prefer to call it Incarnation Day instead of Christmas, but he's right in suspecting that won't catch on. While most biblical scholars agree that Jesus wasn't born …
Happy 61st Anniversary to My Parents
I have been blessed in more ways than I can count in my life, but at the top of the list is the love and example shown by my amazing parents, Jack and Virginia Ross. Today they celebrate their 61st wedding anniversary - quite an accomplishment these days. They never cease to amaze me, from …
Memory Bank
While visiting my parents for Christmas last weekend, my mom told me that she had found an old bank I used as a child and teenager. She said that she tried opening it, but couldn't get past the combination lock. I immediately told her what the combination was, even though I haven't seen or used …
