Tag: persistence
Don’t give up now
December 6, 2012 | 18 comments
The below is a letter I wrote in reply to a Christian Science practitioner who was very discouraged and disheartened after praying for a patient who eventually passed on. She was wondering whether to stay in the practice or not.
National Champs
October 23, 2012 | 7 comments
My wife is a National Champion! Yep, believe it or not, she is a member of a USTA 3.5 women’s tennis team that advanced all the way from humble, hardly-anyone-has-heard-of Tri-Cities, Washington, to the USTA National Championship tournament held in Indian
The problem is not bigger
May 21, 2012 | 11 comments
Occasionally, I’ve heard people who had been praying for resolution of a particular problem in their life lament that their prayers had been very effective in eliminating all kinds of side issues, but the one leading issue they had intended
Catch the wave
November 30, 2011 | 3 comments
I was watching my two children take surf lessons with a group of beginners last week off the coast of Kailua-Kona, in Hawaii. The waves were minimal, but enough to teach one how to stand upright on a board and