Devotionals

Recently I was helping my grandson with his homework that involved reading the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf.  Afterward we talked about the importance of telling the truth and I enjoyed seeing his wheels turn as he pictured what the boy had done wrong.  I’m grateful for stories that bring a child’s imagination to life and that point to a moral truth.  Some [...]

In teaching His apostles how to pray, Jesus told them not to “heap up empty phrases.”  The subsequent model was, then, quite succinct.  Jesus’ brief invocation included adoration for Who God is, He expressed His desire for God to act according to His will, He showed the apostles how to repent of sin and He asked for protection from the Evil One. There was [...]

Workplace trends have changed dramatically in the last couple years.  The replacement of in-person meetings with video conferencing is commonplace, working remotely is no longer a novelty and dressing casually doesn’t get a second thought.  These are significant developments that, for the most part, seem to benefit the employee. When there are meaningful shifts to longstanding practices there are sure to be indirect effects.  [...]

Previously, when I worked in management, I used to train new supervisors.  I was careful to point out that as they matured as a leader, what they valued most in their employees would change.  I told them that the employees they would come to respect the most would be the reliable ones.  Supervising people that have a similar upbringing, that share your sense of [...]

In March 1979, a partial meltdown of a nuclear reactor took place on Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania.  Damage from the event was so significant that the cleanup effort that began in August of that year was not finalized until December 1993.  Over 14 years and about one billion dollars were spent before the response was concluded. An investigation of the catastrophe revealed some [...]

One of the things that makes fitness goals difficult to achieve is delayed gratification. If you begin to consistently eat responsibly now, it will still be several days before the earliest indicators of success are noticeable.  The same is true for beginning and maintaining an exercise regimen.  There is no delay in experiencing exhaustion and muscle soreness, but the start of the positive results [...]