I’ve had my head down on a writing project about spiritual fitness that I hope to release in early 2012 so I haven’t had time to flesh out a blog post this week. I still have a few posts left in the “lessons learned from failure” series and I hope to get at least one […]

I recently popped into a Walgreens on a Saturday night to pick up a couple of travel necessities: hair gel and gummy peaches. “There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays” by The Carpenters was playing loud and clear. Standing there in the hair care aisle looking for a travel size tube of gel, I […]

I wrote in a previous post about having a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit. That’s not the case anymore. I’m fully in the spirit of the season and ready to celebrate Christmas. Over the years I’ve picked up a number of tricks that help me get into the spirit. This year going to […]

As I get older, it seems I have to work a little harder to get into the Christmas spirit each year. Last year, I never really felt Christmassy. So, I’m thinking strategically about what I need to do to put myself in the correct posture to receive the spirit of Christmas. Before I share my […]

I think we’re going to incorporate some elements of Festivus into our Advent assemblies at Garnett. One thing we may do is take some time during an upcoming assembly for the “The airing of the grievances.” The way I see it working is that we’ll have an open mic and anyone who wants to can […]

Forget about making a donation to the Human Fund. Check out this great gift idea from Mark Moore. I’m about to help you out here with an amazing idea for your Christmas shopping. You know that nagging problem of what to get for the person who has everything? Well, this should solve that one. I […]