Honor clinic
I recently officiated a wedding. The bride and groom put on an honor clinic. Even though they were the focal point, every facet of this…
400 hours
How long does it take to forge a deep friendship? I heard someone throw out "400 hours" as a guess--I don't know if this has…
Smart sledge?
My father-in-law gave me a vintage sledgehammer. It's super heavy. It's got an old hickory handle that's been treated with boiled linseed oil. It feels…
It’s charming
My wife, Diedra, took a lot of art classes in High School. We found some of her old ceramics pieces when we were going through…
Clayton’s pizza
"Hey Dan, I'm hungry. Wanna go in on a pizza?" "It's 9:00pm, Clayton. Why would I want to eat pizza now?" "Because it's delicious! I…
Photo albums
Remember when we used to have our pictures developed and we put them in albums? We could take them off the shelf and take a…
I see you
"Humans are lonely, and they want to be seen and known."--Seth Godin I heard a powerful story last summer from a man who grew up…
Begin to live
J.I. Packer says, "“Readiness to die is the first step in learning to live.” Counterintuitive? Perhaps. Our culture likes to ignore death, defy death, artificially…
Solicit advice
People love to give advice. However, unsolicited advice is often considered a faux pax in today’s society—probably to everyone’s impoverishment, but that is the subject…
Practice deliberate calm
The patient was crashing. His airway was managed by the anesthesiologist--but there was no pulse. I was shaking. And I'm sure everyone in the room…