Category: forgiveness

The score that counts

January 15, 2009 | 8 comments

Last Saturday, I played in a doubles tennis tournament with a good friend of mine, and learned yet another lesson on what score matters the most when the match is finished! The competition was tough and we had to work

Rejoicing in instant forgiveness

June 28, 2008 | 5 comments

Have you ever made a major blunder that affected a large number of people, and then struggled with guilt about your mistake afterward? Last Sunday, I made a big error while playing organ for my local branch church. While the

Wash the past away

June 12, 2008 | 2 comments

    IN STONE TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING THROUGH THE DESERT. DURING SOME POINT OF THE JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE IN THE FACE. THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT

A weekend of tennis lessons

March 19, 2008 | 3 comments

What a weekend! My family and I attended three days of the Pacific Life Open tennis tournament happening in Indian Wells, CA. We wanted to expose our budding tennis player son to high quality talent, plus my wife and I

When unpleasantly surprised, stay calm

November 13, 2007 | 6 comments

The City of Richland has been landscaping in front of my office. They removed several trees and plan to plant some new ones in different spots on the breezeway I look out onto. After they removed the old trees, they