Packing’s Side-Trip Down Memory Lane

Well I got two good hours of packing in tonight.  The last 20 minutes or so led me down Memory Lane.  It was nice.
Tonight’s task was to start through all the 3-ring binders I’ve collected through the years, and toss what I don’t believe I’ll need in Gering.  What I end up wishing I’d kept [...]

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Unplugged Worship and Praise

I’m leading a concert this afternoon.
But you can’t hear it.
There’s a praise team at the front of the platform, passionate singers, two to my left, two to my right. The rhythm section is compact and very precise.  “Tight” they’d say, “Comes from working together a lot.”
Too bad you can’t hear them.
The choir is 50, maybe [...]

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You get what you emphasize…

If you work with, live with, travel with, play with, or attempt to lead PEOPLE you already know the challenge of getting behavior you want from the people you work, live, travel, play with – or try to lead.

Someone once asked Leonard Bernstein how he got what he did from the orchestras he conducted.
“I get [...]

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Innovative Work-around

Something happened yesterday that brought a smile, here’s the story:
We bought the tires for Brenda’s RAV4 at  Sam’s Club.  They consistently have the best price in the area, and I like their rotate/balance package.  You pay for it once, and it’s good for the life of the tire.  The only drawback is that their service [...]

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He Knows Your Name

I remember visiting a large church in the inner city of Chicago to trouble-shoot their newly installed media-system.  I’d been instructed to get there as quickly as possible, so I did.  When I walked in, however, I found that a funeral was about to begin, and the projection system was in use.   Rather than excuse [...]

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You — are SAFE!

There’s a quiet, indescribable confidence sweeps over you when you know
I’m Safe!
Life is often uncertain, its path is strewn with obstacles and potholes, the valleys are deep and life’s hillsides can be steep and rocky, but if you’re safe and know it,  your soul can be confident.
Born in 1842 Glasgow, George Matheson was the eldest [...]

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Flossing Meets Self-Examination

So there I was, staring at the ceiling from the endodontist’s chair, his halogen light shining down my throat.  He’d been working on my root canal awhile already and we talked —he more clearly than I— during the little breaks we’d take to rest his fingers and my jaws. He had a neat country way [...]

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Yes, There’s Room

Sometimes when I read the Christmas story I ask myself:
I wonder, if he had it to do again, knowing what he probably learned later, would the Innkeeper have found something for the couple who pulled in off the Bethlehem Highway and asked about a room? Even something a little unusual?  Maybe he did, in letting [...]

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What do you hold in your hands?

I remember the first time I heard the song, Moses. We hosted the Chorale from Grace College in Omaha, Nebraska one Sunday; I was the church’s Minister of Music. The chorale’s conductor and I got along great and the more I learned about him the more I found myself looking [...]

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Encouraged

One of the benefits of reading Scripture is being blessed and encouraged by something originally written for another. Reading Paul’s second letter to Timothy spoke to me today; things originally intended for another rose off the page – and encouraged me:
KINDLE AFRESH the gift of God which is in you. 1.6
God has not [...]

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