Skip to content

Pastor Dan's Blog

  • Blog
  • About
  • Oasis

Tag: kindness

Posted on August 24, 2021August 23, 2021

Teenagers

I've made a deal with my kids--that I will do my best not to needlessly embarrass them. If/when I do--I've asked them to point it…

Continue reading → Teenagers

Posted on August 20, 2021August 19, 2021

Best revenge

Living well is the best revenge.George Herbert, "Proverbs" in The Complete English Works, 272. Several caveats are in order before this one yields helpful insight…

Continue reading → Best revenge

Posted on August 18, 2021August 18, 2021

I told you so.

The effect speaks, the tongue needs not.George Herbert, "Proverbs" in The Complete English Works, 27. We all want credit. It feels good--feels like winning. A…

Continue reading → I told you so.

Posted on June 17, 2021June 17, 2021

Twenty

Yesterday Diedra and I celebrated twenty years of matrimony. We went out to dinner at a wonderful place called Vera Mae's Bistro. The weather was…

Continue reading → Twenty

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…

Continue reading → Correct passions’ spite

Posted on June 3, 2021June 2, 2021

Keep your promises

"That promise I did not keep." "Well, then, it was jolly rotten of you," said Digory. "Rotten?" said Uncle Andrew with a puzzled look "Oh…

Continue reading → Keep your promises

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021

Kid magnet

I began dating Diedra (my wife) in high school. I was attracted to many of her lovely attributes--which I've discovered over the course of the…

Continue reading → Kid magnet

Posted on October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

Underneath the door

Singer/songwriter Michael Card shares what it was like for him to grow up as the son of a medical doctor. If you have a few…

Continue reading → Underneath the door

Posted on August 1, 2020July 31, 2020

What will they remember?

Once I heard someone say, "They won't remember what you said--they'll remember how you made them feel." The statement is exaggerated--on purpose--to make a point.…

Continue reading → What will they remember?

Archives

  • March 2023 (2)
  • December 2022 (1)
  • November 2022 (1)
  • April 2022 (2)
  • December 2021 (1)
  • September 2021 (6)
  • August 2021 (26)
  • July 2021 (27)
  • June 2021 (27)
  • May 2021 (26)
  • April 2021 (27)
  • March 2021 (27)
  • February 2021 (24)
  • January 2021 (26)
  • December 2020 (27)
  • November 2020 (25)
  • October 2020 (27)
  • September 2020 (26)
  • August 2020 (26)
  • July 2020 (24)

Search

Follow Blog via Email

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Blog
  • About
  • Oasis
 

Loading Comments...