reading

“all leaders read- there are almost no exceptions.“ - Donald Miller (you are probably guessing that I’m reading a Donald Miller book at the moment... quite right you are. Review will follow...)

The average American person (are Americans people?) watches 1456 hours of television per year but only reads three books. So if it is true that readers are leaders, and the more you read the further you advance, then there isn’t a lot of competition. (that’s also from Don Miller, except the part in brackets of course...)

left alone

“I don’t believe the sinful nature can be summed up easily, but i know part of it means a person left alone doesn’t grow or get strong, not emotionally anyway...”
- Donald Miller

Community is important. Friends are important. People who are not your friends are important. Because people are the real currency of life. And in giving of ourselves to those around us we gain perspective of what lies central to living: relationships.

Something happened this last week that really got me thinking about people, and my attitude toward them. I became an arrogant, mean person to a few people around me who had only even been good to me. I accepted without giving back. For some reason I thought I would be alright on my own. Killing friendships became a ‘whatever’ situation.

Thankfully people are patient. I hope to be the same back.

People are God’s image and if I fail to love them, I fail in my first mandate: to love God.

the naked scientist

i would like to introduce you to Chris, the naked scientist. He is on 702 talk radio every friday morning at 9:30am, and he is the smartest guy alive (i reckon).... I have listened to him for months now and he is never unable to answer any question on any subject.

do yourself a favour- tune in next friday. 92.7FM.

in my suit

walking past the car guard i noticed something for the first time... a longer look. a more intentional hello. a slight smile. expectation.

i was dressed in my suit about to give a presentation at the university.

the car guard did not know that this was my only suit. the only thing that he knew was the correlation between suits and tips. and so he smiled in the same fashion that pavlov’s dogs drooled.

imagine if i didn’t drive a 1992 jetta CLX?

knowing

now i am sure
i have waited for this
i destroyed in order to know
i’d do it again

peripheral vision

i see wildness poised in the corner, waiting to strike. untamed and complex. a myriad of intricate design, interwoven subtleties and meaning and intent. its in the corner of my eye and when i look directly at that which i want to understand, i see it no more. i only see it when i look away and choose something else to be my focus, then i notice it again. subtle movements are further hidden in blurry overtones. and i’m left with the knowing that i will only ever know in part that which i think i need to know in full and i will only ever know this part by looking away from it.

wonder

“Concepts create idols, only wonder can grasp anything.” -Gregory of Nyssa