Relationships are like golf. It’s all about getting the right balance on your feet. If you lean too far backward, you make a divot. Lean too far forward and you miss the ball completely. Things I learn from my son.

It’s not your words that reveal who you value. It’s who you invite home for dinner.

I worry and I worry, and then the Lord suddenly makes the pieces fall into place in just the right way and at just the right time in ways I could never have planned nor foreseen. Like sunshine breaking through the clouds just in time for the outdoor party. May 25, 2014 – written a…

I once received a note from a student–an older, non-traditional student like I once was (and still am). He couldn’t face doing an assignment because it required him to try to interact with other younger students who generally ignored him or just gave him curious stares. I allowed him to complete the assignment alone because…

If you want to move forward, you have to be prepared to abandon your assumptions. There’s no shame in acknowledging that you’ve lost the battle to defend them. That’s wisdom.

Cynicism is not synonymous with enlightenment. “Enlightenment” that causes us to regard others as unenlightened idiots tends to be mistaken for education when it is, perhaps, the worst kind of darkness.

Be curious and amazed….

‪If someone hears and understands your view and still rejects it, there’s good reason to try to understand why….

Some things in life are like a midnight plane crash that happens when you didn’t even know your plane was going down….

How great and near is the pain on the other side of the wall against which we lean.

The shortest path to caring is to give expecting nothing in return.

What makes sense to us defines what makes sense to us….