Category Archives: Spiritual Devotions

I’m always on the lookout for new words. New to me or slang, or hobby words that get introduced in new ways into life. This was the case with the above word rimrocked. While watching an episode of Bear Grylls , an adventure seeking wilderness expert, he used this rock climbing term for someone whoContinue reading “Rimrocked”

The translations of a word can be simple or complex. A dog is a very specific word and another language will have a specific word as an equivalent. Joy is closer to an idea, different cultures might explain it differently. Wabi-Sabi is an idea that requires a paragraph to really explain, but the shortened versionContinue reading “Shalom/U2/Rembrandt”

Word for the day: tranche. Commonly used in reference to money and it pretty much means portion. Tranche is a French word meaning slice. So next Thanksgiving this will be useful in asking for a tranche of pie. Since it’s French, I’m certain it is pronounced more eloquently than ranch with a tr sound toContinue reading “Portion, Slice, Tranche”

In a here today gone tomorrow world, it seems we forget the great things we knew. Then a generation or two later we have a class to teach this new thing smart people found out. I enjoy psychology, the study of humanity and the things that make us tick. I imagine the good folk likeContinue reading “Relearning the Learned”

John Wooden: coach of the UCLA Bruins. In a 12 year period he won 10 NCAA championships including 7 in a row. As a coach myself, you look around for people who have done it so well, not only from an x’s and o’s point of view, but from the perspective of using sport toContinue reading “Looking Back to Look Ahead”

Consider the lilies: No seriously, stop, sit down, forego your next ten tasks, ten minutes, slow down… and consider. Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow, they neither toil nor spin, Yet I tell you Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of them. -Mark 12 Our world is forcingContinue reading “Dressed Up, (K)No(W) Where To Go”