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Photo by sporlab on Unsplash There is something just plain fascinating with our brains. They are a wonder, a marvel of God’s creation. They handle complex problems, creatively assembling ridiculously awesome solutions. Our brains process multiple variables with stellar speed. They make new ways of thinking — sort of like trails being blazed through a forrest. They do…

Hope. It’s a feeling of expectation for a certain thing. But it’s more than a feeling isn’t it. I mean, feelings can be finicky sometimes. Like right now for instance. How I feel right this very moment will change in a couple hours — especially if I get a full belly in that couple hours! I’m hungry!…

Before I was on staff at BNC, I worked for an IT department for a food manufacturer. I really enjoyed my work there. I mostly developed software but occasionally I got into hardware and networking. I think what I loved most was the freedom I had to explore new projects. Having that freedom affords creativity…

Little Children If you have been around me for any length of time either teaching or just talking about parenting, you’ve likely heard me use a parallel between parenting and our relationship with God. If we really think about what we want our kids to be when they grow up, it’s not so much what…

Can I just say that I worry. Anxiety is something that is a killer of the soul. He’s a thief really. I’m not quite sure why I call it a “he”. It’s not like it’s masculine…anyway….Anxiety and worry, they are indeed a thief of joy and peace. That’s hard for me to say. You might…

I burn grace. I mean I burn a lot of grace! Sound a bit odd? Yea, same here when I first started thinking about grace this week. Growing up, I remember my Dad having a Ford Bronco. I don’t think they made them too long. Their shape and build made them more susceptible to rolling…

Yesterday Ellynn had an appointment down in Columbus for a check up. As many know Ellynn is dyslexic. It is such a brilliant thing really! She sees the world so differently than I ever could. Her appointment was a reevaluation on her eyes. She’d had about six months of vision therapy onsite followed by a…

I have started a new routine that fits me very well. Every morning, after dropping my oldest two daughters off at school, I stop by a local park before heading to the office. I don’t stay there too long. Maybe 15 minutes. It’s just a time to finish my first cup of coffee and just…

A few weeks ago I fired up my trusty ole 2001 Toyota Corolla and it sounded like one of those muscle cars…which is sort of weird when you consider the sound is coming from a 2001 Corolla. The two just don’t go together. I mean, when you hear that sound, you’re expecting to see some…

Hurry. Even writing the word and you reading it has the ability to bring an urgency to mind. In fact the word urgency is a great way to describe hurry. Hurry can be defined as a condition of urgency that causes us to move and act faster. Think about the last time you were on…