Do you know what you were doing five years ago today? Do you know how you were feeling five years ago today? If you don’t, why not? Why live if you’re not going to remember? How are you going to track your progress (or lack there of) if you don’t remember? How are you going … Continue reading
Tag Archives: History
Tethered Change
J. David Stephens in his book, Awakening the Church in North America, warned of the danger of “untethered change.” The term intrigued me. Whether you are a pastor, a plumber, or a parent, whether you work on an assembly line or in an office…whatever your title and position in life…you are a change-agent. However, change … Continue reading
What will the future look like?
What will the future look like? Won’t you like to know?! (We all would.) Unfortunately, no human being has the answer to that question. But there is one thing about the future that I do know: Basically, “The future” is history that has not happened yet. Thus, while you cannot define what the future will … Continue reading
Don’t forget
Preserve the special stories and memories of the past. Moving forward without the benefit of the past is to be cut adrift from the mother ship. You’re not really moving forward, you’re drifting and that seldom ends well. The very term moving forward implies moving from a point in time and space towards a new … Continue reading
Oh, for a new man to arise in me…
Famed British poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson once wrote: “Oh, for a new man to arise in me, that the man I am may cease to be.” I’m told that the human body (on average) replaces every cell once every 5-7 years. I don’t know if that qualifies for a new man arising in me, however, … Continue reading
