Incorrigible: . Firmly rooted; ineradicable: incorrigible faults. . Difficult or impossible to control or manage: an incorrigible, spoiled child. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition http://www.wordnik.com/words/incorrigible Have you ever felt like your soul was incorrigible? I have. In fact, this personal awareness is one of the reasons I enjoy gardening so much. …
Deferred Dreams
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” –Proverbs 13:11-13 My blogging friend, Slam Dunks, hit one out of the park with his latest post, “The Best that Never Was.” He writes about a well-known athlete, Marcus Dupree, who sustained an injury that ended his promising career in professional football. …
“If” by Rudyard Kipling: A Guide for Living and Relating
When my son approached manhood, I gave him Rudyard Kipling's poem “If.” No other poem seemed to say all that my mother’s heart felt needed saying in order to prepare him for success in life: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you …
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Remember to Sing
Sometimes life goes backwards. You reconnect with a former friend who posts pictures on Facebook of your missionary outreach days in Budapest, Hungary. You look at you children ages four and seven and wonder under which carpet the Sandman swept away those years. If I could tell young moms a tidbit of advice, I’d say …
Serving in Systems: Creativity or Conformity?
Systems will always be with us. We humans band together in social units as small as two-party relationship and as large as corporations. Systems serve many purposes. One of which is to create structure for people to visualize, tackle, and implement a vision. I have served in systems my entire life from families, marriages, churches, …
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Face your Sunshine
"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine." -Ralph Waldo Emerson This quote I read today stunned me. Now just so you know, I'm a quote lover, a collector of quotes, and a fashioner of quotes, but rarely have I ever come across such wisdom packed in a one-liner. The …
Surrender
Money vanishes on wings of circumstance—not as a homing pigeon returning to roost... but like a wild hawk breaking free of the tether. And yet, we mortals breathe in cultural winds that promise swift returns and scurry to fill the empty cage with another beast of prey. Surrender—how poignant and yet so difficult. "Father, if …
Perspective
This morning I arise and wipe sleep from my eyes. Slumbering steps move me slowly towards the nook in the couch, the place where I think and write and listen. Life direction moving forward? Check. Hold those whom I love close to your heart, Lord. Prayers made… Check. Worry kept at bay? Check A sliver …
Ice and Roses: Cultivating True Treasures
"Our treasures are many...they just walk around in human form." In these lean economic times, circumstances force us to simplify. We reduce our spending and weed out extravagances. In the process, we search for meaning. What is truly important? We muse. Fear of financial security permeates the media. Talk among co-workers riddles with ways to …
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