Until further notice I’ve decided to not participate in outrage, only prayer.

One new woman at our Bible study this week grew up non-religious in Canada & moved here for a science postdoc. A colleague told her about Jesus. She read Mere Christianity & Reason for God. She's recently decided Christianity is true. Let's evangelize seemingly unlikely people!

“Some people, when they do someone a favor, are always looking for a chance to call it in. And some aren’t, but they’re still aware of it—still regard it as a debt. But others don’t even do…”

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Stop tipping

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Over the past few years I've been practicing the subtle art of Staying Out of It. On any given day, there are dozens of discussions I could be part of. A deluge of decisions I could weigh in on. An overmuch of opinion on which I could opine. But I'm choosing to Stay Out of It. Not because I don't care, but because I don't need to be there. And the owner's word weighs a ton. I'd much rather see most things take care of themselves. Or have people settle their own balances, rather than me having to deposit my own two cents. This means getting used to being OK with decisions I wouldn't have made. Or designs I wouldn't have drawn up. Or provisions I wouldn't necessarily have put in place. But that's an ego stroke. As if my decision, or design, or provision would have been an automatic improvement. I'm sure plenty of things are better around here because I chose to Stay Out of It. Further, when Staying Out of It now, I'll often come back later to discover something went exactly as I'd hoped it would. They handled it. There truly was no need for me to be involved. In fact, my involvement would have prevented someone else from being the one to gain the experience making the call. Being everywhere with a word for everything doesn't help anyone. I may think I'm helping steer everything that's going on, but is it helping the organization get along? Now I pick and choose. Too many words, too much to lose. If I can be useful, if I can break a tie, if I can point to the sky, then I'm here for that. Otherwise, I'll just Stay Out of It.

Sometimes I think about King Aragorn telling the hobbits “you bow to no one” and then leading his entire kingdom in bowing to *them* and I cry.

Can someone, anyone, invite me to @TextsHQ? I’m on Beeper and would love to compare.

Being a kids worker.

Really sage advice for all startup founders—including pastors of new churches.

How many bags of popcorn can one eat before one has to admit one may have a problem?

Sixty years ago today, JFK, Aldous Huxley and CS Lewis all died. Camelot was the illusion, Brave New World the nightmare. Live like a Narnian.

A foundation worth building on. Psalm 119:89-96

The neediest place in us, the place of intolerable pain, the demandingness, the right to self – all those things will either swallow us up or drive us to the One who is the resurrection and the life - and where we find our comfort is where we will cling.

Does anyone have a Texts.com invite? cc @TextsHQ

“What is right in him far outweighs what is wrong in you. There is more grace in him than guilt in you. He is better at saving than you are at sinning.”

Don't underestimate the power of the local church.