Friday, June 19, 2009

When was the last time you sat in traffic for more than an hour? More than two hours? Today my friend and I were in traffic for three and a half hours on our way back from the airport. What is normally a three hour car ride took six hours. As we inched along, we speculated about the cause of the traffic. Was it a wreck? Escaped zoo animals? Perhaps it was one of those mysterious congestions of people and vehicles that has no reasonable explanation. As we looked ahead, we saw nothing but miles of cars ...
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Friday, June 12, 2009

If you have any investments at all, they are probably smaller today than they were last year at this time. Even the best financial minds watched their investments shrink in this economy. Do you pull out of the stock market and invest in gold? Are mutual funds better than certificates of deposit?I was reminded last Sunday that very few investments are guaranteed, and they have really long-range (eternal) returns ...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009

This week I’m at the Gideon Media Arts Conference and Film Festival. It’s in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina, a really beautiful setting.Our days are filled with workshops, meetings, film screenings, and climbing up and down the hills and stairs around campus. We’re here to be encouraged in our work, educated in new media forms, and to make connections for future projects ...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

It's the last week of May and students are graduating from high school and college. Some will leave home for the first time to attend college; others will enter the work force and get a full-time job.I loved my college years. I made wonderful friendships and had some great professors who took an interest in me and my success ...
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Friday, May 22, 2009

When the sun comes up in the morning, are you standing outside fully dressed waiting for it? Or does the sun rise for you about 7:30 AM? Do you come alert at the first sound of roosters, or do you find your second and third winds after 9:00 PM?I've always been a night owl. Going to bed before 11 PM feels early to me, and when I do, I can't always get to sleep right away. Consequently, I'm not a morning person ...
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Friday, May 15, 2009

Friends of mine moved into a new home up on a hill. From their back porch, the view is spectacular. You can see the orchards, ranches and neighboring towns ...
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Friday, May 8, 2009

Do you have something special planned for this weekend? Breakfast in bed? Maybe dinner out at a favorite restaurant? Or perhaps something simple like attending church with your entire family? I've thought a lot about my family this week. We're scattered all over the place, yet our hearts remain tightly knit together. My brother David is a pastor in Texas, and this morning he sent us his Mother's Day sermon to read ...
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Friday, May 1, 2009

Last weekend I attended the Biola Media Conference on the CBS Studio lot in Los  Angeles.  Organized  by the Biola University  Mass Communications Department, it's designed to empower and connect Christians working in Hollywood. We spent the day  attending workshops, networking, and being inspired to excellence.The first speaker of the day set the tone. Mark Zoradi, who went to work for Disney Studios right out of college, is now President of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, a position he's held since 2006 ...
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Friday, April 24, 2009

Every so often I get together with a group of friends to enjoy Thai food. In the years we've been meeting, we've had four weddings, a baby, the death of grandparents and parents, and two members move away. Looking at our lives is like looking at a roadmap ...
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Friday, April 17, 2009

Have you taken those quizzes that identify you with a celebrity, personalitytype, or eating style? You know, answer nine questions and have deep insightinto yourself. I did one comparing myself to women in the Bible.This  morning  I  thought  about that quiz. Today I feel like Eve ...
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