Living Above The Norm

The pursuit of a simple truth by an analytical mind.

Entries Tagged ‘family’

When Habits Talk on Your Behalf

In a comment to my post on My Experience or The Bible, Peter wrote something that caught my eye – “But is it really possible to interpret Scripture without any sort of tradition.”
Every day I make decisions about how to live my life based on my beliefs. These decisions (often unknowingly, and simply by [...]

Facebook, Fans, Friends, and Family

If I ever want to feel good about myself, all I have to do is log in to Facebook.  Once I’m in, a quick glance to the left and whatever temporal insecurities I may have been facing or whatever loneliness I may have been feeling vanish immediately… After all, I have nearly 700 friends.  Who [...]

Picking the Better of Two Priorities

Ever heard the phrase, “Picking the lesser of two evils?” This is a little different. I’m sure if I were to ask you to list your various roles and relationships in order of importance or priority each of you could give me some very good answers with little thought. It would likely start [...]

Even These Guys Face Temptation

Recently, our Life Group has been following Pause, a Series that @andystanley did at Northpoint Church a while back. It’s great stuff. It’s been great talking about how each of us handles temptations in different ways and it has been reassuring at times to learn that other people deal with the same temptations [...]

First Week on the Job… What it’s Like Being a Father

By no means do I consider myself an expert.  For all intents and purposes, I’m about as new a rookie Dad as you can find.  But this I do know: things in life are made with purpose.  As I shared when talking about …Life Purpose In 20 Minutes…, anytime that something is made or used [...]

It’s What You Do Differently That Counts

I can think of no better way today for you to live above the norm than for you to take a break, turn off the computer, put the phone on vibrate (or off completely), and go spend some time with your family. I’m going to.
- Take your family to the movies (yes, in the middle [...]

Sometimes Improving Means Starting Over

Somewhere along the line, we became stuck in a rut.  Sure, we wanted to get better.  We wanted to grow. In fact, we even had meetings about how we could improve.  It wasn’t for a lack of great ideas.  There seem to be new ones popping up left and right.  Every book, conference, seminar, even [...]