I was asked about Lent tonight … I don’t think my answer was very comprehensive. This one is better, click here. Thanks to Steve Gee. ______________________ So we also retain Lent to this day, because we see it as a salutary outward discipline that gives Christians a wonderful opportunity for spiritual renewal, It’s a time…
Mainstream no longer?
I just thought about a fun conversation I had with a former pastor and now turned writer (plus “other stuff” I think). It was strange because we haven’t really seriously sat down and talked before. all our personal conversations have been on the phone and here and there through email and SMS. I’m really looking…
Mother and Child
This is a beautiful picture (or icon?) from Spencer Burke, I’m going to carry it in my head and heart as I begin my Lenten journey. After reading his post, I thought why don’t I carry one picture (or icon?) with me each day.
Clean …
Delightful entry from James Tan (our very own Rock Intellectual Mystic) …. (here’s the whole post) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Eyes that are wide open can find beauty in anything, anywhere. Behold the traditional hand wash of the Chinese restaurants. Made of Chinese tea and a slice of lime. You simply…
10 Rules of Writing
Time to sharpen my writing after reading this … WRITERS ON WRITING; Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially Hooptedoodle Here’s my scissored version (for lazy people): ______________________________ 1. Never open a book with weather. 2. Avoid prologues. 3. Never use a verb other than ”said” to carry dialogue. 4. Never use an adverb…
Wounds & Scars
This blog The Wound Has Healed, but the Scar Still Hurts drew me back to important realities I can not and must not ignore.
On “The Art of Leadership”
“The art of leadership is keeping the tension between too little and too much stress.” –Richard Leider , Founding Partner, Inventure Group via First Impression
On “Intellect” & “Personality”
‘We should take care not to make the intellect our god; – it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.’ ~ Albert Einstein via Joi Ito
Open Office
I like the open source philosophy. So I guess, I’ll downloading Open Office to try it out. I know my friend Wolfgang uses it and so far so good.
Whale Rider
When I found out that the Midvalley cineplex was going to show Whale Rider I was determined to watch it. We did and we came home tonight “nourished”. May Chin & I found it to be not only a movie that touches that whcih relates to our humanity, it is also rich with layers of…