I used to think people were one of two things: patient or impatient. Turns out, there’s a third category, and it’s more of a spectrum than a set description for how someone acts as this scale demonstrates: Impatient (-10)---------------------------Patient (0)---------------------------Pushover … [Read more...]
Are you TOO nice?
Last week I mentioned I went on a four night getaway with the in-laws that included driving in a vehicle all together for nine hours one way and sharing a hotel room with 6 people. It’s amazing what you can learn on a trip like this. I learned that living with people is very different than … [Read more...]
7 Tips for Saving a Relationship
Last weekend I did what every husband dreams of doing, share a hotel room with 5 people including his mother-in-law and sister-in-law. If you didn’t notice the sarcasm in that, how about in this? It was the most romantic weekend my wife and I have spent together. Who would arrange for such a … [Read more...]
How to Ruin a Relationship
I believe underneath it all people want to love and be loved in return. Based on the definition of love we read at weddings, “Love is patient; love is kind...” (1 Cor 13:4-7) when we love someone whether our partner, family, or friends, we ultimately offer them safety and they should be offering us … [Read more...]
Wealth is the Greatest Evil
No, I’m not a hippy; I’ve never tried weed and I even trim my armpit hair because I believe in grooming... it should be like a well manicured lawn because no one likes an explosion of body hair. You’re welcome for that bonus tip. The truth is I’m a recovering workaholic, which means I want to see … [Read more...]
Why Survival of the Fittest is Stupid
In this post I was planning on refuting the phrase ‘survival of the fittest’ until I did a little reading and discovered that true scientists don’t even believe in it. Talk about taking the fun out of mocking something! Fortunately... or unfortunately, the concept of survival of the fittest has … [Read more...]
Hitler is a Better Evangelist than Me
If you consider the number of people who looked to God because of one person, Hitler wins that challenge hands down... get it? Hands down... not the one arm... never mind... Was this Hitler’s intention? To be one of the greatest evangelists of all time? I think it’s pretty safe to say no. But … [Read more...]
The Marriage Rules
I recently came across the book, Marriage Rules: A manual for the married and the coupled up. As any critical reader finds, there was a number of things I really liked and others I was like ehn. For this week’s post I decided to pull out the rules I liked to save you going through the whole book; … [Read more...]
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