After many years of owning a home, I really just want to pay rent again.
Last night I spent a good deal of time fixing a slow drain in my shower. This same drain has caused problems before...its probably less the drain, and more a consequence of having 5 women in the house.
What I've come to realize is that a slow drain will never get faster, without intervention. It got me thinking about my spiritual walk and all the other things that we need to keep flowing smoothly.
This would be a great place for me to introduce a solution wouldn't it...I'm going to leave that one to you.
What do you use for a spiritual plunger?
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Finding a Seat
I've been that guy before. I was flying out of New Orleans alone, and in no hurry. The lady came over the speaker while we were all waiting to board "Flight 1765 has been overbooked, if you would like to volunteer to take a flight with a layover in Dallas, please come to the counter."
American Airlines was going to give me a free flight to use some other time for the inconvenience, so I accepted. "just stay close by Mr. Fletcher as we complete our boarding".
As it turns out, Flight 1765 may have been sold out, but not everyone showed up with their 'ticket to ride'. So after everyone else had boarded, me and 2 other lucky saps got on the plane and attempted to find a seat, and a little bit of space in an overhead compartment while the rest of the passengers stared at us, as if it was my fault we hadn't pushed back from the terminal.
Have you been there? Maybe, like me this past week, you were the one with a comfy aisle seat and an open seat next to you. Don't make eye contact, put your stuff on the seat and spread out... I don't know why we don't act more inviting when we're in that situation. I can't help thinking that if Jesus was sitting with an empty seat next to him...he might even scoot to the middle and let you have the aisle seat.
American Airlines was going to give me a free flight to use some other time for the inconvenience, so I accepted. "just stay close by Mr. Fletcher as we complete our boarding".
As it turns out, Flight 1765 may have been sold out, but not everyone showed up with their 'ticket to ride'. So after everyone else had boarded, me and 2 other lucky saps got on the plane and attempted to find a seat, and a little bit of space in an overhead compartment while the rest of the passengers stared at us, as if it was my fault we hadn't pushed back from the terminal.
Have you been there? Maybe, like me this past week, you were the one with a comfy aisle seat and an open seat next to you. Don't make eye contact, put your stuff on the seat and spread out... I don't know why we don't act more inviting when we're in that situation. I can't help thinking that if Jesus was sitting with an empty seat next to him...he might even scoot to the middle and let you have the aisle seat.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
What's your story
I read a great book this summer by Donald Miller and it's probably the only book that I thought: "I need to re-read this book". I was shocked to hear myself utter such a thought. Typically reading a book for pleasure is a special accomplishment since I default to sexier mediums like the Internet, television and of course Radio.
The concept that really stuck for me, was the life-lesson that Miller was talking about through the book, so I guess he did a good job as an author. That was the idea that our life is a story that's being written. Typically when you ask someone to tell their 'story', you're asking them to talk about stuff that happened.
When you think of life that's happening now as your story...what would happen if this gets turned into a screenplay, that can freak you out a little. Am I writing a horror movie, a heart-breaker, court-room drama, action, suspense, fantasy, science fiction or family?
Most of what we do would likely end up deleted during final edit, so how I was affected by what Miller said was:
The concept that really stuck for me, was the life-lesson that Miller was talking about through the book, so I guess he did a good job as an author. That was the idea that our life is a story that's being written. Typically when you ask someone to tell their 'story', you're asking them to talk about stuff that happened.
When you think of life that's happening now as your story...what would happen if this gets turned into a screenplay, that can freak you out a little. Am I writing a horror movie, a heart-breaker, court-room drama, action, suspense, fantasy, science fiction or family?
Most of what we do would likely end up deleted during final edit, so how I was affected by what Miller said was:
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