Rage Rooms? Really?
For a while now, I have been seeing reports of “rage rooms” or “anger rooms” popping up all over the U.S. – fifteen minutes in a room with all the things you can break with a baseball bat for $45 (prices vary from one rage room to another).
Lessons from Wells Fargo: What Were They Thinking?
I had a boss who once told me, “Steve, it can take 10 years to build a good reputation and 10 minutes to lose it.” So true. Trust, dependability, and consistency have to be demonstrated over time, and it does not take much time for that reputation to be lost.
Reflections on San Bernardino – The Sequel
It has been nine months since 14 lives were taken, and 22 injured, by terrorists on December 2, 2015 in San Bernardino. I wrote about this in the December 11, 2015 blog, because my office is only about a five-minute drive from where the shootings took place. We went on lockdown ourselves, knowing the shooters were still at large.
A Tribute to Paralympians
Long before the Paralympics, Jesus was teaching how to give honor to those in society who were disabled, ignored, or otherwise perceived to be of low status. Jesus cared for the sick, lame, and blind, and He compassionately healed many of them.
Notorious Cheaters in Sports
We live in an increasingly secular world where the objective often is to take every advantage you can as long as you don’t get caught. It’s OK to break the rules. This is what motivated Lance Armstrong and others over the years to go to great lengths to conceal their cheating.
Chariot Races (and other Olympic events)
On the surface, sporting events may not seem like a place for selflessness. After all, it’s about winning, being the best, and beating the other individual athletes or teams.
“If I Were a Rich Man”
Many of us think along the lines of Tevye’s song “If I Were a Rich Man,” which ends with:
“Lord who made the lion and the lamb,
You decreed I should be what I am.
Would it spoil some vast eternal plan?
If I were a wealthy man.”
“It’s Been a Heart-Wrenching Week, America”
Like Jesus, we ache for our society, because the answers to the world’s problems are so clear. All these events cry out to us that a transformed life through a relationship with Christ is the only real solution
Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Our Sacred Honor
It struck me that a number of the significant moments in American history revolve around self-sacrifice and selflessness for a noble cause or as an inspiration to other people.
Tee Shirts
I am an observer of T-shirts – especially the ones that seem to convey messages from the wearer. Summer seems to bring out the best (and worst) of T-shirt fashion.
Many of the T-shirts are about loyalties and favorites: college attended, sports teams, vacation places, musical groups, and so on. Others reflect personal characteristics that people, amazingly, seem unembarrassed to convey.