Musings of a Mindful Disciple
In honor of the winter that just showed up here it western Wisconsin, I give you COLD. The most obvious definition of cold this time of year refers to temperature. But when we get ill, it's said that we caught a cold (as if we were chasing one!). Then there's the way that person responded... Continue Reading →
Have you ever had a project before you that was so intimidating, so daunting, that you keep putting it off? You had doubts about your ability to do it well, or even at all? And even though you had plenty of time to accomplish it, if you would just work on it a little at... Continue Reading →
My son, who also keeps several snakes, recently informed me that he has purchased an Orange Baboon Tarantula (OBT). Fortunately, he doesn't live at home any more! I've handled tarantulas before (I've never kept one!), but the OBT, also known as the Orange Bitey Thing, is a particularly ornery and intensely defensive spider. And while... Continue Reading →
I've learned a lot about myself over the last 49 years, but I'm still learning and growing. I know that I can deal with pain, and I'm not afraid of it. I know the physical burden of chronic migraine and kidney stones, but I don't let them stop me. Through my experiences in endurance sports... Continue Reading →
A large part of living mindfully is intentionally thinking about things that most people rarely consider. This enables us to see the deeper meanings behind some things. Alternatively, it can help us to learn about one thing while looking at another, finding spiritual truths in everyday things. My daughter and I are going to see... Continue Reading →
Have you ever been in a quiet and peaceful setting when a sudden loud noise broke the silence? Or can you remember a skipping recording on a broken vinyl record? Maybe you have had an "old beater" of an automobile that was constantly breaking down. I've had my iPad broken, my bones broken, my confidence... Continue Reading →
Mary and Joseph must have had quite the flood of emotions washing over them that night as they settled into the barn. They'd made the roughly 100-mile journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, likely taking them more than a week, to register in the census. The timing of the census must have seemed cruel as Mary... Continue Reading →
"For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known" (1 Corinthians 13:12, ESV). Do you ever get discouraged in your Christian walk? Do you ever get tired of seeing "the same old you" in... Continue Reading →
Sometimes, when you least expect it, the Holy Spirit speaks to you in that still, small voice that reverberates through your being like a thousand-watt-sub-woofer pounding in your chest. Sometimes you catch something in the corner of your eye that you can't un-see. This morning I was doing my devotional reading on the YouVersion Bible... Continue Reading →
I think, at least to some extent, that we all value honesty. In fact, I would venture to say that even compulsive liars value honesty. That is to say we all value honesty in those who interact with us. We want others to tell us the truth. And a large percent of us value honesty on... Continue Reading →
