Seeing the news headline brought me up short. “Computer-Science Professor Dead at 47”. Here was a man who recognized that for all his life had been, it was not in his control. The cancer that raged through Randy Pausch had a timeline on it. Knowing that his life would soon be over, he delivered his “The Last Lecture”. It was so popular that it still exists on YouTube ( target=”_blank”>”Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”) It is over an hour long, so be prepared for lots of listening. What he emphasized in The Last Lecture was some simple guidance to help…
Memory Jogger
Woke to the sound of a ringing phone. It was not my usual cell phone ring early in the morning, but rather the house phone. To top it off, this was one of those “let’s sleep in” days, and no one has been calling early for the past two weeks. OK, so it was 9 a.m. – that’s sleeping in for me! “It’s some woman calling about your uncle” was all she said. My mind tried to get a handle on who could be calling at this time of day asking about a man who has been dead for over…
Speed Bump…
There’s a problem we all face – everyday. We have to set some boundaries on where the “world” begins and what influence the “world” is going to have on our lives. While the outward signs of our lives show we are in control, it is really what is in our hearts/minds that trips us up. The Apostle John was not the only one in the “olden” days to point this out. You can check with David, Solomon, Peter and Paul (Jesus too for that matter). When John says “don’t love the things in the world (1 John 2:15)”, it puts…