There’s a sort of people whom God made specifically to challenge the ideals of a former ‘best we could do.’ There is a brother and sisterhood of idea-folk. They think hard of ways to improve the mundane and important things in life.
These people aren’t well understood. They are [...]
When thinking about new directions …. I tend to stand very still. No moving. No experimenting. Perhaps a bit of paralysis. Lots of analysis. Lots of aiming. Many times I’ve pulled the trigger early, late, or not at all.
New ideas can be overwhelming. Sometimes it’s hard [...]
If I were you (and I’m not), here are some questions I would ask myself re:anything important….
•Is the the best I can do?
•Is there someone else I can involve?
•What are my motives?
•How can I get my point across clearly?
•How will someone be motivated by this?
•How could this have any unintentional undesired side effects?
•Where is my [...]
…at any experiment is by developing an intolerance to questions.
Pointed at you or your crew…
from yourself or others….
Questions without answers….
Hypotheticals….
Questions that lead us to awareness….
Questions for rules…
Questions for authorities…
Questions that kill our ego….
Jesus asked a multitude of incredible questions that knocked a bunch of walls down.
Questions often put our backs against the wall, but the [...]
What are your motivations? What are the reasons you get up each morning? When you have to accomplish things that you don’t quite enjoy, what keeps you focused on the big picture?
Perhaps you are tempted to give a simple answer without much thought. You might say ‘I do what I do to [...]
Tough Question #2: If Jesus was the King of the Jews why do the Jews believe God has still not sent his son and that Jesus was only a prophet?
Jesus claimed to be the King of the Jews because he came to fulfill the law that they had been following for hundreds and hundreds of [...]
I was asked a few questions by a friend a little while back and I felt best that I should use this blog to share some of the answers, if I have any!
Tough Question #1:
Why are Christians not Jewish if Jesus was Jewish?
This is an incredible question! I love the idea of honoring Jesus’ [...]
Have you ever gotten burned out? Okay, maybe not a good question. Have you gotten burnt out since yesterday?
Strengths are our God-given companions accompanying us towards excellence AND our protection from burn out….
Over the past few months, I have come to embrace the talents/strengths that God has given me. (in order: [...]
I have a sleep disorder called sleep apnea which I discovered a little over a year ago. The experience and process of discovering it was a lengthy battle between paranoia and stubbornness. I am in the last half of my twenties. I am not extremely overweight. I don’t have a [...]
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