…The thing about it is, though, gifts is free. When you give a person a gift, you is also givin that person the freedom to do whatever they want with it. When you give a homeless man a dollar, you ain’t sayin, “Here. Go buy yourself a chicken.” If you […]
Don’t ask yourself what the world needs – ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. – Howard Thurman First off, this book is for women. Secondly, I am a man. So, if you’re scoring […]
And everywhere I went, I met people who, regardless of their religious beliefs, were looking for the same things: a connection to God, a desire to mean something, and a way to stay alive even when dreams die. Angry Conversations with God, p. 233 I’m worried about the quality of […]
His voice was like thunder now. “You put your characters through hell. You put them through hell. That’s the only way we change.” – Donald Miller quoting Robert McKee My affection for Andrew Peterson is deep and longstanding. It is nearly impossible for me not to love anything the man […]
I’m usually not one to like what everyone else likes. I didn’t think “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” was especially funny. I hated “The Shack”. I laugh at things many people consider strange. I like musicians most people have never heard of. Donald Miller is the exception. A lot of […]
Listening to this album is like sinking your soul into a thick, rich and moist slice of triple layered German chocolate cake. It’s that good. This was my first taste of Jason Gray’s music. I would go back for more, but I’m still trying to finish the piece that is […]
Dear Friends, As you mourn the loss of Reading Rainbow, I am here to ease your pain. Said easing will take place in the form of book reviews. The Noticer is up first, because, well, why not? Here we go. A sage once declared that the purposes of a man’s […]
As a kid, I always thought I was behind and needed that extra hour to catch up. Jim Jones once told me, “No matter how many shots you take, somewhere there’s a kid out there taking one more. If you dribble a million times a day, someone is dribbling a million and one.” Whenever I’d get ready to call it a day, I’d think, “No. Somebody else is still practicing. Somebody – somewhere – is playing that extra ten or fifteen minutes and he’s going to beat me someday.” I’d practice some more and then I’d think, “Maybe that guy is practicing his free throws now.” So, I’d go to the line and practice my free throws and that would take another hour. I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.
– Larry Bird, Drive
