Category: life

Remove the pebble

August 13, 2010 | 2 comments

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe. ~ Muhammad Ali Is their a pebble in your shoe? Perhaps a gripe, a grudge, a resentment, or a complaint that is hobbling

Values held in common

July 29, 2010 | 5 comments

Have you ever wondered what values people around the globe hold in common regardless of what religion they may or may not espouse? Rushworth Kidder, co-founder of the Institute for Global Ethics, says there is a core of shared moral

A blessed life

July 23, 2010 | 2 comments

Last weekend, my wife and I took our teenagers on a jetboat ride down and up the Snake River in Hell’s Canyon on the Idaho and Oregon State borders. It was a grand time and we saw many beautiful works

Choose Life over aging

July 2, 2010 | 9 comments

A woman remarked to me that “She needed to pray about aging because she was starting to face aches and conditions associated with advancing years.” I replied, “Don’t focus your prayers on the topic of aging. Focus on understanding eternal