A took a little walk after a full day of teaching. I was in Maryland. All the roads were new, all the paths untrod. I took a turn and got a fresh glimpse of God ...
I didn't have to see the beaver ...
When Life Doesn't Go According To Plan
I'm a planner, a schedule guy. Yesterday my schedule got interrupted. Life did not go according to plan. Now what? I think God wanted me to see that there is something more important than my plan . . .
Bacon
The One Certainty Of History
When a man who writes history for fifty years tells me there is "one certainty of history," I want to hear what he has to say.
Senior Coffee
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven" (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Apparently this includes getting old.
I was in Memphis last week. I stopped at a McDonald's on my way to a meeting to grab a cup of coffee and a Sausage Biscuit. The receipts reveal my secret. I have a penchant for both coffee and the McDonald's Sausage Biscuit. The latter is my traveling treat.
So That’s What Excellence Looks Like
I saw excellence yesterday!
I am making a second pass through Team Of Rivals, the fascinating biography of Abraham Lincoln. I use this lengthy tome in a doctoral seminar I teach for Capital Seminary & Graduate School. The subject is teams, the location is the nation's capital, the individuals in the spotlight are Lincoln and his cabinet. Fitting I think!