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Today we celebrated Father’s Day with my dad.
We had one of the best meals I ever planned. Mike did the actual barbecuing. I am including instructions here just in case you might want to try it.
BBQ whole salmon- open it up lengthwise. Mix together about 1/2 cup of mayonnaise, about 1 teaspoon of…
Employees expect to work at their jobs. Students expect to work at school.
But when it comes to personal relationships, people don’t think they have to work at having a good relationship.
I suppose when you are dating, you do work to impress the other person. You do nice things for them to make them…
Art Levinson, CEO of Genentech, on the Board at Google, says, “Here I am, a guy who can afford a good meal, and every time I go to a Google board meeting, I don’t leave until ten o’clock at night because I get a free dinner there.”
Google is so known for their food.
“The failures of our faith do not frustrate the purposes of God.”
I think that is consistent with the concept of the sovereignty of God.
Where then does faith fit in? I think the overall purposes of God will to fulfilled, but I am the one who will miss out if I fail in my faith.
“Now I understand why real estate agents are skinny.”
That was a comment from my client after she saw all the work I was doing for her in the purchase of her house.
Most people don’t really know what a real estate agent does. They think we just drive around showing houses to people. That is the easiest part of the job.
The story is so simple, the writing is so easy to read, yet the concepts about life are so poignant.
In the book, Artist of the Floating World, by Kazuo Ishiguro, the artist Masuji Ono made a decision to use his artistic abilities for what he thought was a greater good. Instead of painting the “floating world” of physical beauty and pleasures, he chose to join the imperialist movement in Japan that led the country into World War II.
Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
Picnics seem to be a great venue to draw people together.
A picnic is open enough so you can talk to whoever you want. You can walk around and easily talk to whoever you see. A private conversation can be had by simply walking a few feet away.
It is often said that attitude is everything.
This is especially true when you are teaching children.
If your attitude towards teaching is to discipline the children into doing what you want them to do, then you will be frustrated. It will be a constant battle, you against the children.
It was a typical message at the graduation commencement of our friend who graduated from Talbot School of Theology last night. It was about the future: years of studies have now equipped you to go out and impact the world.
It was a typical message at the funeral this morning of our friend who died…