Old soul
"He that would be well old must be old betimes."George Herbert, "Proverbs" in The Complete English Works, 268. This saying has an old word in…
Bald tires
I just got new tires for my truck. Honestly, I let them go a bit longer that I usually do. They were looking pretty bad.…
Correct passions’ spite
Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thy self the worse, and so the distance greater. Be not thine own worm: yet such jealousy, As…
True friends
One of the most touching scenes in The Fellowship of the Ring is when Frodo's friends tell him that they will be going with him…
Therapeutic touch
In nursing school we learned about therapeutic touch. I often hear people say, "Oh, I could never be a nurse! I can't stand the sight…
Your one up
Good organizations want to retain their best employees if at all possible. As a budding supervisor I was taught that the number one influencer for…
She’s our Princess
While my two brothers and I were growing up, our family had an Australian Shepherd. She was a red merle. I remember getting her as…
Concerns and responsibilities
My pastor, mentor, and friend, Pastor Mark Biehl, regularly and gently reminds us that our areas of concern will always exceed our areas of responsibility.…
Whole person care
I was trained to be a nurse at Cedarville University. They emphasized whole person care. We were consistently told that we must not reduce our…