What would you lose to save your life?

As I describe the story below, you’ll thank me for not providing a picture.  If you choose to go look this up, you won’t like what you see. Have you ever heard of necrotizing fasciitis?  It is a bacteria that feeds on flesh and spreads fast.  In almost every case, the only solution is to

3 Legged Stool

Time off for good behavior

It happens all the time.  People are sentenced for long prison sentences (perhaps even life) and they have the potential to get time off for good behavior.  After all, our prison system believes in rehabilitation and still has that as the primary goal. The fact is that there are typically two groups of people who

Destined to fail

Those who don’t follow instructions are destined to fail. There is a card game called Mao.  Not to give anything away but a significant part of this game is that the rules are NEVER explained and ALWAYS changing.  It’s a game about discovering the instructions by repeated failure.  As you fail, you seek to learn

Make it a practice

Do any of you have a piano at home?  We got one for free (just had to pick it up) from friends who needed it moved.  It’s not a great piano, but we now have it and the kids love to play on it.  Even I sometimes will play on it.  And it is abundantly

Offended by…

Why is that the very people who label themselves as open minded, always seem to be offended by something.  Even worse, they use the fact that they are offended as a battle cry towards forcing others to stop or accept certain behavior.  They push through public opinion and through courts with the concept that since

Made new through adoption

Adoption is a powerful thing.  It is a rebirth of sorts.  When I was about 2 1/2 – 3 years old, I was adopted by a new father.  Not my Father in Heaven, that adoption didn’t come until I was 24.  This adoption was by a new earthly father.  As a result of that adoption,

What’s in a name?

It used to be that people did not go by surnames, but instead by some sort of identifying name.  This name could have been bestowed upon them based on geography or occupation or heritage… but often times it was earned by their character. In Narnia, the Sons of Adam and the Daughters of Eve were

Are we there yet?

If you have kids who can speak and have ever been on a road trip of any length… you’ve heard this question… over and over again.  It doesn’t matter the kid or the trip or your answer to the first time the question is asked.  It will undoubtedly be asked again, and again. Believe it

Winning the war never comes without losing a few battles

There are plenty of times when we make the mistake of over-fighting a battle at the risk of losing the war.  This happens all the time in the game of chess.  Someone is afraid to lose a particular piece and as a result, they make moves that put the overall game at risk.  The master