Weekly Ration   “A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.”  Prov 15:18 ESV How many times have we heard this example, seen it in practice, know it to be true, but then find ourselves acting in a hot-tempered way at the most…

How much time do you spend doing stuff? You know, responding to emails, packing your lunch, preparing for meetings, talking on the phone, sending a text, etc. How much time do you spend thinking? And when I say thinking, I’m talking about sitting alone thinking, no noise, no TV, nothing…

Weekly Ration “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.“ James 4:7 ESV So, if we only will submit ourselves to God, He has already promised that the devil’s schemes will run away from us. Not a bad promise to know about! I know…

I realized last week as I was talking to my 11 year old son that he didn’t know what “The Golden Rule” was. Now don’t think too badly of me quite yet, we have been talking about treating people like you want to be treated ever since he and his…

Weekly Ration   “…be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’” Heb 13:5b (NIV) How many times have I forgotten all that I have…  (and it’s a lot!) Only to be wanting more and more. Think about all that you…

This is one of my favorite acronyms and I didn’t even know it was. My family knows it is very well.   Many people I work with know it is too. It stand for the way I react when I am asked a question about something: It stands for: Always….

Weekly Ration “Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.” Prov 11:14 (NIV) Simple yet powerful words for us this week. Wisdom surrounds us if we will just turn and ask. Seek wise counsel in your decisions!   Need a daily…

Meetings. Conflicts. Discussions. Family time. Parenting. They all involve people and how we interact with them. How many times have you been in a meeting and someone talks over someone else with their idea to make sure that they are heard? How many times have you corrected an employee or…

I pulled this subject line from a book I just read called “The Four Agreements” by Miguel Ruiz. It has stuck with me more than almost anything else I read in the book. How well do you “do what you say”? How well do you “watch what you say”? Do…

I worked in a place once that was almost like a morgue.  I mean, every time I came to work, no one was smiling.  No one was talking to each other; no one even looked like they wanted to be there. It was a sad place. Needless to say, I…