Article: Habits of Unhappy People

It seems that everyone in the world is consumed with idea of “being right.” If you doubt me, just go look at Facebook, Twitter or your favorite flavor of cable news. Everyone is right and talking over each other. Sure, there is still a difference between right and wrong, but we even argue about that….

I love Isaiah chapter 55. Yes the whole chapter. God, through Isaiah, talks about a variety of topics. If you have 10 minutes, I encourage you to open your Bible and read Isaiah 55. Read it slowly and absorb what God wants to share with you. In this article, I want to share one part…

What a week! Not in the way you think… I’ve been sick. Yes, I did do some sightseeing with Rachel when she wasn’t at her conference, but overall, I have felt yucky. Really yucky.  Nova Scotia is beautiful, but I bet it is prettier when I am not sick. I am starting to feel better,…

I read quite a few books over the course of a year. Most of them, I listen to. I try to be productive in the car. On average, I go through (read/listen) about 84 books a year or 7 books a month. I don’t actually count or keep a list but this is fairly accurate…

Back in 2010, our previous Presiding Bishop of the ELCA wrote the following article below. It reads as if it was written yesterday. All you have to change is the word “election campaign” to “primary season”. Unfortunately, we are still in the same mode of “gotcha politics” today.  I am posting this as a reminder…

Occasionally I run across an article that is too good not to share. This is one of them. This is written by a “local” here in the South Bay. The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence as Scott Shute discovered after the loss of his father. Faith of His…