Bouncing Back — Bouncing back from adversity; Moving forward with hope.

How To Respond To “One Of Those Days”

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. [1 Thessalonians 5:16-18] Ever had one of those days? Well, I’ve already had one today, and it’s only 9:30 am. Nothing catastrophic; my spinal cord injury decided to remind me of its ability to disrupt [...]

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How To Discover Gratitude

Can I be grateful without realizing it? Without expressing it? Last time I talked about maintaining an attitude of abundance (How To Relate In Abundance). Since I usually associate abundance with gratitude, I started wondering if I’m truly grateful. I haven’t said I’m grateful much lately, which got me wondering whether gratitude has to be [...]

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How To Relate In Abundance

“None of us can identify with what you’ve been through.” I hear that a lot when I speak to groups. The speaker implies that my experience is so uniquely horrific that most folks simply can’t relate. But it goes a step further—somehow, my loss is “worse” than anything most other folks have experienced. I don’t [...]

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Evidence

Welcome to Monday and another word-of-the-week. Today’s word is … Evidence Someone once asked a penetrating question: If you were accused in court of being a follower of Jesus, would your behavior provide enough evidence to convict you? In Acts 11, Barnabas was sent by the Jerusalem church leaders to the Antioch church in which [...]

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A Million Miles

Happy Saturday! I don’t usually do book reviews here. No particular reason, except maybe I’m not sure I am enough of an authority to tell someone else what they ought to read. But I saw a staggering statistic—70% of U.S. households did not purchase a single book last year! Even if that’s off by 20% [...]

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How To Change Without Changing

“And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.” [Luke 5: 37-38] Have you ever wanted to start over? I sure have, lots of times, [...]

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Hills Worth Fighting For

Do you believe absolute truth exists? I do. I believe some notions are set-in-stone, no-exceptions-allowed, no-question-about-it, all-time-and-forever true. I also believe most ideas don’t qualify for that status. I’ve written about this before (Left, Right, Or Something Else?) but it’s one of those topics that keeps poking at me. Apparently I still have more to [...]

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Elmer’s Laugh

Today we’re adding our voice to the One Word Blog Carnival hosted by Bridget Chumbley. I hope you’ll visit the carnival and check out the other attractions. This carnival focuses on … LAUGHTER As Elmer’s first grandson, I suppose I occupied some sort of favored status. I remember several things about Elmer. He was probably [...]

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Conversion

Wow! Another week, another Monday, and another word-of-the-week. Today’s word is … CONVERSION This seems like an odd word with which to begin a week. I’m not thinking of conversion in the religious sense. Instead, I’m considering it in the context of efficiency. Sales professionals know all about conversion. Basically, it’s the percentage of leads [...]

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How To Inspire The Future

Happy weekend! I hope the first Saturday in August is relaxing and peaceful. Neil deGrassse Tyson is a wonderful communicator and world-renowned scientist. This short clip, part of the Q&A following a speech, took me back to junior high school and reminded me of the inspirational nature of great endeavors. Sometimes the value isn’t in [...]

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