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eleventh

it wasn’t a good weekend.  
with saturday came  little productivity or focus.  the mind was everywhere but yet nowhere.  the mood was melancholy at best.  
once i figured out the root cause, i was better for the knowing but then only left with the knowledge.  
sunday was better, i suppose, but really only masked over. [...]

Where To Look

When normal people are considering taking a step of faith, they look around them.
They size up the circumstances.  They consider pros and cons.  They predict the most likely outcome through the lens of logic.

These are all appropriate decision making steps, and you would be unwise to bypass them.
But let me share a protocol that separates [...]

Pennies well spent

WARNING:  Edgy… and perfectly on target… and best watched on YouTube (link below)
Can I offer you a penny for your thoughts?
As a matter of fact, how about three?
One penny for you, one penny for me,
And one penny for our minds engaged not so sexually.
Getting intimately closer as we approach the
Climactic altitude of nude, mental, [...]

Today’s Rant

You don’t fool me, Mr. You’ve Been Pre-Approved For An American Excess Platinum Card Junk Mail Envelope. What does that even mean? I’ve been approved because I have a street address? I’m approved because you think I might be dumb enough to make use of a credit card that dings me for 74.99% interest on [...]

New Beginnings

Dude, I gotta give it up to Mark Batterson.  He said what I was thinking before I wrote it.
Have you ever stopped to thank God for the simple fact that He designed the universe in a way that we experience both day and night?
For some reason, He designed planet earth in a way that we’d [...]

How Do You Read?

When you read a book, do you read it from cover to cover?
Or, do you start to read it and then come across something you don’t particularly agree with… and put it down?
Or perhaps you never read it at all, because you heard somewhere that it has some “questionable parts?”
Neither approach is ultimately right or [...]

Estrogen-based Divinity

I’m reading this book called, “Captivating: Unveiling The Mystery of a Woman’s Soul.”
Yes, yes, I know: “Why would you possibly be reading that book, Matt? You are a gem of a fool when it comes to topics such as that, so perhaps the reading would be educational… but you are also committed to healing [...]

Neighbors

We smile and nod our heads.
Occasionally we say, “Hello.”
We stop and talk over the top of picket fences.
“How are you all doing?”
“Good. How about y’all?”
Sound bites of sentences
Pieced together over months
Combining to make up a conversation.
“We really need to have you over to dinner.”
“We would love to. Give us a call.”
One day a sign shows [...]

Is it really just about eternity

“The thought of life in heaven is nice, but can you help me with life today?”
“You speak of Christmas and Easter, but can you tell me what to do with those months in between?”
“Where does all of that intersect with all of this?” he persists, motioning towards his tattered jeans and a worn backpack that [...]