26 days ago my company offered an early retirement incentive to those of us who qualify based on age and years of service. Last night at midnight was the deadline to apply for it. I didn't apply. I thought about it - a LOT. I weighed the pros and cons and sometimes felt like a …
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Bricks and Community
We have a lot of exposed brick inside our home. It's one of the things that attracted us to the place originally. I've been looking closely at all the brick and pondering it in recent days. No two bricks are the same. Many look very different. Some have weathered 117 years of use better than …
What Is Man?
My pastor, Mark Williams, and I are team teaching over several months a class based on Wayne Grudem's book "Christian Beliefs." (See my earlier book review here.) We haven't been recording the sessions throughout, but since I had an acquaintance on Twitter ask for a transcript or summary, I thought I would record this one …
For Such a Time as This
At my company, we have many discussions and activities related to the subject of well-being. Most of these are related to the health dimension of well-being, but we still acknowledge and work toward improving well-being in other areas as well, such as security, belonging, and purpose. This post addresses a little about the purpose dimension …
Leap Year Lesson #206: When Values Collide, Go With the Higher Purpose
I had to make a tough decision Friday - one I have struggled with for many months. The details won't interest many others, I suspect, except those directly affected at my work. The process and the lesson, however, should apply to more people. As the community manager for our company's internal social network, it is …
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