We live in an age where we expect everything to come quickly. Cities built overnight. Islands reclaimed from the sea. New technologies transforming our lives. The latest and greatest. That’s how human systems work. In our ingenuity, we build our towers of Babel at lightning speed, and they fall just as quickly. Remember the VHS …
I don’t know about you, but I get overwhelmed. There’s so much I want to see and do. I want to make an impact with my life, and my imagination wanders far beyond the limits of my own capacity to make change. My dreams are way bigger than my ability to make them reality. Despite my …
Do you know what your blood pressure is? How about your heart rate? How many hours of sleep do you get each night, and how many miles do you walk every day? All of this information – and much more – is available to us through recently developed wearable monitoring technology. Millions of people are …
There’s no shame in ignorance; only in pretending to know things you don’t. When you don’t know the answer to a question, say so. Admit it: I don’t know. Real wisdom isn’t about knowing things; instead, it’s a willingness to be taught. A wise person, by acknowledging their own ignorance, leaves space for the next step, a new discovery, fresh insight. Such epiphanies doesn’t always come easy. …
The early church didn’t play around. The apostles and all the other friends of Jesus threw their whole lives into experiencing and sharing the reign of God in community. For that first band of Jesus-followers, discipleship cost everything: Home, family, career, security, and personal safety were all on the table. The new life and community they …
Did you ever watch The Simpsons? I’ve got most of the first seven seasons memorized, seared into my brain from repetitive viewing on VHS tapes. Along with the Star Wars trilogy, The Simpsons are part of my personal canon. My favorite character is, by far, Mr. Burns. Montgomery Burns is so absurdly callous and evil; he’s hilarious …
I haven’t been getting a lot of down time lately. In the last few weeks I’ve started a new full-time job, and we’ve welcomed our son George into the world. It’s a lot. This is probably the most intense and full my life has ever been. My days are full of wonderful work out in …