Bitcoin(s) are up; books are down. Trends are troubling, but they don’t care about our feelings. The rise of literacy has no direct effect on the number of readers. The fact that one can read does not mean that one does read. The stats are telling: one-third of high school graduates never read another book […]

Everything is opening up again across America. Masks are now optional (based on double-vaccination) in most places; a huge opportunity for recycling plexiglass sheets is imminent. People shut-in for more than a year are jamming planes and overwhelming theme parks. Is it really safe to drop the defenses and go back into pre-pandemic freedoms? Though the

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