Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts: What Matters Most?
“What really matters is how God sees me. He isn’t concerned with labels; (but) He is concerned about the state of man’s soul.”
–the Rev. Billy Graham
By the time you get my next post in two weeks, the election will be over. Many of you have voted already. I prefer to handle it like I did my high school term papers: wait until the final day!
You will have endured the ordeal of an election cycle and the onslaught of political ads. […]
Tuesday Thoughts: What’s the Rest of the Story?
“I believe our society has a responsibility to defend the vulnerable and the weak. And I believe our nation should set a goal that unborn children should be welcomed in life and protected in law.”
–President George W. Bush
This post is as close to the political arena as I dare get. I’m writing again about abortion, with some thoughts previously expressed, and some new and predicated on what we’re hearing in this election year.
Somehow, issues that are moral or spiritual have […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Can We Get Real?
“They haven’t used it. We limit the amount of technology our children use at home.”
–Steve Jobs, commenting on his own kids’ use of iPads and iPhones (NY Times interview, 2010)
Someone once told me, “I don’t like Disney World; everything there is so fake.” Well, yeah, that’s kinda the point Walt had in mind, right?
If you’re a Disney patron, you go because it takes you into a world of fantasy where you can temporarily dissociate from the cares and pressures of […]
Tuesday Thoughts: When the Trophy is All That Matters
“Assuredly, men of merit are never lacking at any time, for those are the men who manage affairs, and it is the affairs that produce the men.”
–Catherine the Great
Does it seem to you like every kid today gets a participation trophy for playing sports? Sign up, show up for some of the games, and there’ll be a trophy for you at the post-season party. It didn’t work that way when I was a Little Leaguer!
Back in the day, we settled […]
Tuesday Thoughts: What Matters Most?
“What really matters is how God sees me. He isn’t concerned with labels; (but) He is concerned about the state of man’s soul.”
–the Rev. Billy Graham
By the time you get my next post in two weeks, the election will be over. Many of you have voted already. I prefer to handle it like I did my high school term papers: wait until the final day!
You will have endured the ordeal of an election cycle and the onslaught of political ads. […]
Tuesday Thoughts: What’s the Rest of the Story?
“I believe our society has a responsibility to defend the vulnerable and the weak. And I believe our nation should set a goal that unborn children should be welcomed in life and protected in law.”
–President George W. Bush
This post is as close to the political arena as I dare get. I’m writing again about abortion, with some thoughts previously expressed, and some new and predicated on what we’re hearing in this election year.
Somehow, issues that are moral or spiritual have […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Can We Get Real?
“They haven’t used it. We limit the amount of technology our children use at home.”
–Steve Jobs, commenting on his own kids’ use of iPads and iPhones (NY Times interview, 2010)
Someone once told me, “I don’t like Disney World; everything there is so fake.” Well, yeah, that’s kinda the point Walt had in mind, right?
If you’re a Disney patron, you go because it takes you into a world of fantasy where you can temporarily dissociate from the cares and pressures of […]
Tuesday Thoughts: When the Trophy is All That Matters
“Assuredly, men of merit are never lacking at any time, for those are the men who manage affairs, and it is the affairs that produce the men.”
–Catherine the Great
Does it seem to you like every kid today gets a participation trophy for playing sports? Sign up, show up for some of the games, and there’ll be a trophy for you at the post-season party. It didn’t work that way when I was a Little Leaguer!
Back in the day, we settled […]