The story goes that a little boy was having a birthday and had an expectation of going to Toys ‘r Us to shop and enjoy the experience. His dad was a very busy and successful businessman. The boy asked his dad if he would take him to the toy store. His dad said, “No. I’ll pick up whatever […]
Dichotomy
I sat up later than normal last night watching a live broadcast of a man I admire. Since I last saw and heard him he has met with multiple calamities. Among the more significant, his wife of 30+ years died a horrible death due to cancer and he is now fighting cancer himself. He has […]
Me? You’re kidding?
I’m always amazed at the things God expects me to do. I know he uses people to do amazing things. I have a list of “heroes” who are doing the almost impossible and the impossible; I get a vicarious thrill from watching their successes, and failures. On many occasions I’ve found myself wishing that my […]
Tough choice
The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike. –Delos McKown
Intellectual Arrogance
I’m coming across authors who wrote some pretty good stuff. The interesting thing is that they wrote it when I was in grad school and they weren’t much older than I at the time (I suppose they still aren’t much older than I now). I even vaguely remember hearing their names while in school and […]