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Posted on September 4, 2021September 2, 2021

Make them count

I'm studying to give a series of talks on the life and ministry of Billy Graham. Here's a bit of a commencement speech he delivered…

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Posted on August 19, 2021August 18, 2021

Detour

I work a lot with college students. I've met some of the most amazing people. It's a delight--and gives me hope for the future. Occasionally,…

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Posted on July 27, 2021July 27, 2021

Hunted

The Bible is a strange paradox: it's simple enough for children to understand, yet so profound that you could study it your whole life--indeed you…

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Posted on June 7, 2021June 6, 2021

Mastery or perfectionism?

There's a perfectionism that's counterproductive. Dialed in to details that don't ultimately matter, this is a form of waste, and can lead to endless delays…

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Posted on June 4, 2021June 3, 2021

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…

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Posted on April 30, 2021April 28, 2021

Resilience

"One stroke fells not an oak."George Herbert Seventeenth century English poet George Herbert collected sayings. This one makes me think of several things: Perhaps the…

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Posted on March 4, 2021February 18, 2021

Inner disposition

"Give me a lover and he feels what I am saying: give me one who yearns, give me one who hungers...give me one like this,…

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Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021

Model rockets

When I was in middle school, I enjoyed building and launching model rockets. Cardboard body tube, balsa fins, plastic nose cone, parachute--with fine strings and…

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Posted on January 19, 2021January 18, 2021

Greenhorn

I used to train operating room (OR) nurses who were fresh out of their internship. I had a special affinity for them because I could…

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Posted on January 11, 2021January 7, 2021

It’s too hard

I often tell my children, "Nothing worth doing is easy." I also say, "I like it because it's hard" (or fussy, demanding, challenging, technical, etc.).…

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