doodle: hidden fountains Years ago, when wandering through the art museum in Stuttgart, I stumbled into a small exhibit of Dutch paintings. While people crowded around well known Van Goghs, Vermeers and Van Heemskercks, what caught my attention was an unpretentious...
doodle: "tree of life" I love this time of year when our trees wake up from a long winter's nap and suddenly, the world is filled with bright spring blossoms that last just a few weeks before the trees settle into shades of green for the summer. Something caught...
Wishing you a joyous Easter as we celebrate the certainly, permanence, trustworthiness of what Jesus has done for us! "It is finished!" Probably some of the most profound words ever spoken. It is done. Once and for all.Here are three N.T. Wright quotes that are on my...
This passion week, I'm pondering over just how powerful paradoxes are. Paradoxes seem illogical and go against the core of what our instincts tell us. And yet, we have the model of the Son of God who humbled himself so that we might have Life. Jesus who is hailed as...
A follow-up post to my post "on making decisions"... We are faced with numerous choices and decisions everyday, some more life-altering than others. Whether we're pressed for a quick decision or given the luxury of time to mull things over before making a...
Truth is that which corresponds to reality. Truth exists whether I believe it does or not. It exists independent of my beliefs, even my beliefs about it. My beliefs do not make up truth. On the contrary, truth should shape, fire up and give life to my beliefs and...
–An excerpt from a book I recently wrote for Global Mapping International on how to make our choices count. Get the book Decision Time here. Our decisions matter! "We are not living in a world where all roads are radii of a circle and where all, if followed long...
One of my favorite Christmas memories is making kalkals with family at Christmastime Kalkals (for those of you who may ask) are a humble snack but they pack in so many wonderful memories for me. A simple dough mixture is rolled out into small, cylindrical, shapes....
I'm learning to be water. Stillness... When I was younger, that word sounded terribly boring to me—stagnant, lackluster, lacking imagination or initiative. I couldn't have been further from the truth! In the midst of a busy season, when stress levels were high, I read...
I'm Inspired by 3 quotes as I write a piece on freedom (for a campaign on gender-equality) this morning... Why is gender-equality still an issue? "If there’s poison in a glass of water, no one says, ‘be careful, the middle of that water is poisoned..." – Jon Acuff...
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