You are the CEO
Have you ever had those times in life where things around you start speaking to you in a new way? You start hearing new meaning in things your friends say. New friends with special qualities come along in serendipitous ways. Certain TV shows take on special significance. Song lyrics jump out at you. Random strangers […]
Mormonism and Islam: faiths of peace and love?
Here is a video of a man and woman being executed by members of the Muslim faith in Iran for having a love affair. This “sin” according to Islamic law, is punishable by death. The video is grainy, but you’ll get the idea. Do all Muslims practice this? Of course not. It’s just the most […]
relaxaphobia
We all have a friend like this… that guy that wears his Bluetooth headset EVERYWHERE. Chances are, he works at a call center, or something low pressure like that. It’s not like he’s a high profile stock trader that needs to be able to communicate at the drop of a hat anytime, any place…. he […]
God was not at the grocery store today
On what seems to be an upswing of a rash of suicide attempts, ____ is spending less time in bed, more time out of the house. One of the major rationales for his suicide attempts is that he doesn’t’ feel like life has any purpose. Today, he wandered around a local Smith’s grocery store, approaching […]
the saddest picture EVER
This may be the saddest thing I have ever seen. It was in a book about “bucket lists”, ie, things you want to do before you die: Just look at that picture. I’m tempted to congratulate that person for being brave enough to be honest about what their heart truly longs for. At the same […]
Dreamers, Dragons, and Jesus
A few days ago I was at the book store helping my daughters pick out a birthday gift for their mother. I started flipping through a book from the MTV reality show “The Buried Life”, and saw this: I so love quotes like this. They seem to soar up above the banality of every day […]
85%, cookies and public nudity.
I never have nightmares. Like, EVER. My dreams, if I remember them, usually consist of story lines like going to Walmart to buy loaf of bread. White bread. Not even interesting multi-grain bread. Whitey white white wonder bread. Last night was different. I got in late from a very stressful evening with my family. I […]