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Carol’s Gems: May – The Emerald
Today’s post, “Carol’s Gems: May - The Emeraldâ€, is a monthly series on birthstones from one of my favorite blogger friends, Carol Peterson. Carol is a writer with a heart for encouragement, sharing parables of faith at her blog From Carol’s Quill and...
Who’s Running The Restaurant?
When I was growing up and while I was in college I worked in a few restaurants. It was funny trying to figure out who really ran a restaurant. It was a lesson in perspective. It seemed to depended on what time of day it was... Early in the day, like in the morning,...
Late-Night TV And The Fall Of Man
Late night TV has long been a place to unwind and laugh a little at the events of the day. One of my favorite all-time late nighters was Johnny Carson. He reigned for 30 years as the host of The Tonight Show. A very popular skit that Carson repeated was called "Carnac...
How To Build Consensus In Everyday Life
Consensus building is a "buzz word" in our work lives. Some of our leaders have a gift for doing this, gathering groups of people with conflicting opinions on complex issues and helping them reach agreement on a fair compromise to future direction. Working in the...
Building Your Content: How Adventure Runs Through My Life
This week I was looking through my blog at some of the material that I've written over the past 3+ years. When you write about life in general, over time you come up with quite a variety. That's fun, in a lot of ways. I've learned quite a bit about God, life, and...
What To Do With All Of Those Rocks?
"Sometimes in life there just aren't enough rocks" - Forrest Gump Those were Forrest's words of wisdom upon reflection of Jenny's rage of anger at her past as they stumbled upon the old house were Jenny was raised. Jenny unloaded every stone in sight on the structure,...