“Between a Rock and a Hard Place” My dad grew up in Northeast Texas picking cotton in Honey Grove. There’s nothing there now, but it must have been a colorful place since most of the colloquialisms I know came from … Read More
The Little Things Count Several years ago, a man named Richard Carlson wrote a book titled, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff … and it’s all small stuff.” I think his point was not to worry about little things, and certainly … Read More
Working with Problem People If there is one clear teaching of the Bible, it is that people have problems – “for all have sinned” (Romans 3:23). The question is this: how do we work with these problem people? The Bible … Read More
On Thing Leads to Another This morning when I got into work, I set about on the task of trying to get my plastic carpet protector under my office chair to quit scooting across the floor. This led me to … Read More
“You Don’t Mess Around with…” April 1st, 1972 is probably not a date that you would remember well, but on that day, Jim Croce released his song, “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim.” The song tells the story of a … Read More