It Is What It Is

“The garden didn’t do as good as I wanted.  Oh well, it is what it is.”
“That doctor’s visit didn’t go so well.  I guess, it is what it is.“
I’ve noticed this saying a lot lately.  At home, at work, from the pulpit, and even in the podcasts that I listen to on my commute.  This [...]

Quote from a meeting

There’s no silver bullet–it’s a “peel the onion” type of problem.
Yeah, it’s the story of my life. I can’t remember the last time I saw a silver bullet, or any type of bullet for that matter.
Makes me wonder if we’re handed those “onion” problems for a reason.  Do you think God does it on purpose, [...]

Perseverance

The only way to learn perseverance is to persevere.
–Derek Prince

‘Expert’ Opinion

After this previous post that I wrote on being an ‘expert’, I saw this post by Juice.
He says about the “Cult of the Expert”:
It is a trend toward silencing others through the intimidating using of the word “expert” (or the implication thereof).
Of course, though, in his case it is the ‘expert’ taken to an extreme.  [...]

The Power of One

There is:

One body and
One Spirit, just as you were also called in
One hope of your calling;
One Lord,
One faith,

One baptism,
One God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.

- Eph. 4:4-6
For this to be true, we must have an astounding, amazing God and Father.

Well Said

I’ve spoken about this topic before, but Ariel puts it so well, that I couldn’t help but smile:
 Writing ideas run rampant around here, but they tend to get struck by passing traffic.
Go. Read his whole post. Now.

Getting in on the Nativity (Again)

I wrote a post a few years ago, and was reminded of it again as we draw near to Christmas.
For several years, I’ve almost had the “Bah, Humbug” attitude because, as we all know, the real action happens at Easter, when Jesus rose from the dead. He thus gave us a reason to celebrate our [...]

Fear (equals Tithe?)

We had a Crown Financial Workshop at our church a few weeks ago. I was blessed with parents that taught me a lot of these financial concepts early in life (“Debt bad. Saving good.”), but it was a nice refresher.
One thing that I appreciated was the fact that they go back to the Bible to [...]