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Overloaded-Hard Drives and Lost Sheep
As I have worked on the ‘Time to Change’ video series, ironically, life keeps giving me signals about what an overcommitted poorly managed life looks like. In prior posts, I mentioned lessons learned from both running out of gas and getting a speeding ticket. A couple of days ago life sent me another message…my hard drive maxed out on my computer. Here is what happened and what I learned. Oh, by … Read entire article »
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Time Management Solutions About to Release
Balancing Life As many of you know, I have been working on a time management solutions mini-course to help people bring their lives back into balance. I announced this effort about a month ago. I am very excited to announce that the ‘Time to Change’ mini-course videos are complete. There are 15 videos in all. The individual videos are brief, all less than 10 minutes, some less than 5 minutes. Collectively these … Read entire article »
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Lessons I Learned From a Speeding Ticket about Living Too Fast
I had the unexpected pleasure of getting a speeding ticket this past week. Oh, joy! I was traveling to St. Charles, Missouri from Fayetteville, Arkansas. It’s about a six hour drive. I wasn’t really in a hurry, but frankly I just got lazy about paying attention to my odometer. I got caught up in my thoughts and the flow of traffic out of boredom with the long drive. The … Read entire article »
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Making Time to Breath
If you don’t have time to do it right now, when will you have time to fix it later? This quote, remembered from long ago, surfaced in my mind as I walked away from my car Friday morning. The car, parked in front of a stranger’s house, sat waiting with an empty tank for me while I trudged back home on foot. I wasn’t far, may be a mile and a half, but … Read entire article »
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Making Just a Little More Room for God by Eliminating Déjà Vu
I am striving this year to experience more contentment with less. Â I want less stress, hurry, scurry, and stuff. Â I want to make more space for stillness and being present to God. Â That is taking some reordering of my priorities of time and space. Â Freezer cooking was one of my first adventures into this. Â It was quite successful. Â For the past 12 days or so, I have eaten home cooked left overs and meals for … Read entire article »
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A Word to You of Limited Freezer Space
Yesterday, I posted an article on saving time and money through freezer cooking. Â That may seem like a strange post for The Practical Disciple. Â It’s not like cooking ranks up there with prayer and scripture reading, but good stewardship of time and money does. Â I am also posting these freezer posts because I find that there is a distinct need to help people with the raw chaotic order of their lives in order to attend to spiritual necessities like spiritual disciplines. Â All that said, here is a word to those of you yesterday who may have felt a bit left out because 1) you don’t have freezer or 2) You are single or have a small household and casserole cooking just isn’t very realistic. TO THOSE WITH SMALL FREEZERS 1) Â Bulk shop … Read entire article »
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