Tag: blessings

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

How do you spend your days

July 20, 2010 | 2 comments

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.     ~ Annie Dillard This is both a sobering and an exhilirating quote to ponder. For those who complain about lack of opportunity tomorrow, are they

The benefits of forgiveness

May 7, 2010 | 8 comments

I was speaking to an audience of 170 people. Ten minutes into my presentation, a cell phone rings very loudly in the middle of the room. A man with an oversized jacket hanging on the back of his chair frantically