Upgrade the pen
Have you ever noticed that people can become disproportionately happy over relatively small upgrades--especially if these upgrades appear in the most mundane places? Really, what's…
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One of us
Often, Christians decide if they will attend a funeral or visitation based on the question: "Did I know the deceased?" This question gets answered in…
As you wish
No one likes feeling like they are being taken advantage of. Sheldon Vanauken in A Severe Mercy writes about a principle of courtesy that he…
Join
We want to keep our options open. We don't want to be tied down. We're worried that something better will come along and we'll be…
Talk to yourself
"What?! Are you talking to me? If you are--please speak up! I can't hear you!" "Nope! Just talkin' to myself." This happens at our house…
A knowing love
“There is tremendous relief in knowing his love to me is utterly realistic, based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me,…
Contributing kids
"In an agrarian society, kids realize their worth because parents really need them. Today with day-care, etc., they never realize how worthwhile they are."--John D.…
Failure, the coach
High performers tend to hate failure. Some of them hate it so much, they will deliberately not engage if they feel there is a decent…
Do you know them?
We teach our kids (rightly) not to talk (too much) to strangers. My children are working to learn their community--trying to remember names and faces.…
Translation
Long words save time because they carry the meaning of longer sentences, even paragraphs, of information. Can you translate yourself? Can you break it down…