Flags tell a story… but they also reveal our loyalties! For decades of my lifetime, the Fourth of July – or, Independence Day as it’s denoted on the list of federal holidays – was a time that appeared to bring communities together. Parks filled with families; hot dog sales peaked (150 million over this holiday, when last […]

Had you been a contemporary of Jesus – in 1st Century Israel – you could have been a groupie, following Him from live event to live event… but you would have heard the same message over-and-over again. His teaching ministry had a sole focus. He knew His audience: “I was sent only to the lost sheep of

Your Life is a Journey. Congratulations; now, you’re leaning into the macro dimensions of your life. The big picture is about your ultimate outcomes. But when you leave that philosophical conversation… you find yourself alone again, returning to your daily pursuits. Daily Pursuits are those often-mundane activities that begin and end within day-sized blocks of time.

Lewis Carroll wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – you probably know it as Alice in Wonderland– in 1865; it was a children’s novel that found favor across generations. Performed on stage or screen, the story runs for almost two hours.  There’s an exchange between Alice and the Cheshire Cat that may be the most valuable take-away from the fantasy tale:

What are your priorities for this week? Here’s something that’s not on your priority docket right now: Confirm your worldview. But… should it be? This isn’t yawn-worthy elementary philosophy archived in your garage with your freshman leftovers from college. Worldview is the foundation from which you construct your belief systems; it’s the filter through which

You were made for more. You’ve felt that, at various times over your adult lifetime. Sometimes it was whispered to you in the middle of a season of difficulty; a time when you felt like you were trying to run a marathon in a field of quicksand. Occasionally, it was the spiritual text message coming

Are you too distracted to be distinctive? If you’re reading this five-minute, beginning-of-the-week memo, you’re probably not one of the self-focused entitled crowd who are watching the Breaking News for the next announcement of debt forgiveness and extended unemployment benefits. That growing segment of the population may never grow up; what’s the point? In your

We’re spending too much time micro-managing right now… and missing the macro view. You’ve heard it before: “Life is a Journey.” That’s a pretty good word picture. Here’s the situation: on that journey, the progress can stop – though you’re still behind the wheel – if you get into a traffic circle and fail to

Talk about going against the grain… For the last year-plus, the world has been obsessed with death. Last week, I told you that we’re going to make a deliberate break from the headlines and talk on Mondays, instead, about Life! You may have felt last week’s edition to be overly elementary, but – as I

May Day! May Day! Be careful where – and, how – you announce that. Technically, it’s the tag given to May 1st – this year, last Saturday – but it has a meaning that stretches beyond that. For Socialists and Communists – since 1889 – it has been their International Workers’ Day. In radio communications,