Catching Dreams

Catching Dreams

And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. — Joel 2:28 Dreamer. The word has a bad rep. It connotes laziness. Distraction. Fuzziness. Idealism. To...
I Can Read Your Mind

I Can Read Your Mind

can read your mind. I’m not always right, but with a bit of help, I can come pretty close. “How you spend your days is, of course, how you spend your life,” Annie Dillard says. “What you do with this hour, and that one, is what you are...
Vacate and Recreate

Vacate and Recreate

Will you take one? A real one? I’m talking about a real vacation. Where you actually get away. Away from the office, away from work, away from the screen, away from email, away from social. Away from the slipstream of your life. So that you can rest, and...
Quite A Terrible Cost

Quite A Terrible Cost

Sometimes, I like to pretend that I can multitask. Except that I really can’t. No one can. It’s not physiologically possible. Certain repetitive, habitual type things, of course, can get done at the same time, like tying your shoes while carrying on a...
A Terrible Cost

A Terrible Cost

There’s no way to justify it. Yet you indulge it in nearly every minute of every day. Distraction. Distraction is a thief and a killer. It robs you of your focus, your attention, and your precious time. It robs you of the capacity to read, write, and reflect. It...