Last Sunday the guest speaker at our church made an interesting statement, “Only someone you trust can betray you.” I think he was right. So, how should this insight inform how I live? There is the low risk option – choosing not to trust. This would guarantee a life free of betrayal, heartache and meaningful [...]
Archive for March, 2011
There is an ancient proverb that goes something like this,“When two minds agree one is redundant.” Yesterday I started reading Rob Bell’s latest book, Love Wins. I must admit that I bought the book mostly because of all the controversy surrounding its release. People are concerned that Rob has walked away from core Christian beliefs. [...]
I am always a little skeptical when people start trying to predict the future. At best it is foolish and at worst manipulative. For example, I have been predicting that the Broncos will win the Super Bowl for the last 10 years. If you are a follower of football, you are well aware of my [...]
In his book Crazy Loco Love, Victor Villaseñor writes about a conversation between himself and his father on the eve of his 16th birthday. We walked across the grass and past the barn and corrals to the big old pepper tree…I’d been playing underneath this tree since I was a child, and I’d helped slaughter [...]
A few years ago Robert Fulghum wrote a bestseller titled, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. This past weekend a friend suggested that all we really need to know can be learned from our GPS devices. When life throws you a curve ball – recalculate. Sounds simple doesn’t it? When things [...]
