Saboteur.   I like the way that rolls off my tongue. A saboteur is anyone that engages in the act of sabotaging – i.e.  to damage,...

There was once a man who started a business.  He sold smiles.  He charged people only what they could afford to  pay.  He had a great...

During Spring Break the Parido family tackled a rather large project:  cleaning up our basement. Let me set the context a bit for you. ...

If you choose to live in a bubble, you are missing out. A bubble is created so you can keep your thoughts unchallenged, your mind...

Wendell Berry in his book, The Unsettling of America, comments on the great British Agricultural Scientist Sir Albert Howard’s dilemma.  ...

A prayer for your Fallow Ground* God, First and foremost Awaken us to the reality of your love. Awaken to the fact that we are created by...

A few days ago during a lunch time conversation with my wife and mutual friend, my wife shared an interesting story.  She was listening...

Dancing.  I am not good at it.  I have the proverbial two left feet.  So anytime, that I participate in a dance of some sort, I am the...

Not every day of this life we live is easy.  Some are hard, really hard.  There are some in this world today that are experiencing the...

I have been trying to remember a quote for the past week.  I can not for the life of me find it on my computer, in a journal, or stuck up...

I have spent many a word on things related to leadership and spiritual formation on this blog.  But I have been struck this week by three...

The hardest thing about really seeing and really hearing is when you really have to do something about what you have seen and heard. –...

OneWholeLife:  Clarity Life as a theory is an extremely simple undertaking. Live well, live whole. Be found, love deeply, grow where you...

My problem is ___________ How would you feel in the that blank? Seriously, finish the sentence with the word that first comes to your...

No matter where you are called to be you must start from where you are at. –>J.P. Johnson Another day coming to a close and another blog...

poison:  a substance that is capable of causing the illness or death of a living organism when introduced or absorbed. ________________ I...

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Those who put their strength in You are truly happy; pilgrimage is in their hearts Psalm 84:5 _______________ It is easy to walk in fear,...

I am amazed and in shock of the results of the election.  Democracy at work.  It does what it promises: provides a voice for the people...

For the past 20 years I have worked in and around a church.  That is a large part of my story and experience.  So I want to speak to you...