New to Me

You may know these words and the distinction between them. I did not. But both the words and the distinction between them are significant. The words are “telic” and “atelic”. Oliver Burkeman describes them as used by philosopher Kieran Setiya. “Telic” has to do with something that has a particular purpose or end (telos). “Atelic” has to do with something […]

For Your List of “Things to Do”

Lists are a good thing. Lists aren’t just a Santa thing, who checks them twice; they are a God thing. Consider the lists God gives us. The 10 Commandments stand as the most famous list from God. A close second would be the list of amazing acts he accomplished in just the first Six Days. His Spirit guided writers to […]

Families Matter

This past week I was able to spend time with some cousins and my siblings. We reminisced about aunts and uncles, grandmas and grandpas, and caught up on other cousins and their children. Earlier this summer I did the same with other cousins. Families matter. This summer we have carved out some very intentional time to be with our children […]

A Digital World

Joe Walsh of James Gang fame (before he was with The Eagles) recorded a song (after he was with The Eagles) about being “an analog guy in a digital world”. Is the world digital or is it analog? There is much in this world that is analog. Colors, as they change along a spectrum of pea green to forest green, […]