Today Begins with a Small but Tasty Defeat

Started to feel a little hungry, but I remembered that I have a paperbag underneath my desk with some fruit inside. I thought, oh good, maybe I can finally eat that fruit, that would be quite healthy.

I pulled out the bag, looked inside, and saw a donut in the midst of the fruit. I am now eating a donut.

Cyrus the Great

I read this quote by Cyrus the Great the other day and it really stuck with me: "Diversity in counsel, unity in command." It's one of those quotes that just floats around in my head to the extent that it comes up often when I think about how to handle leadership.

Life and Doctrine

Sometimes I read people saying they are tired of all this emphasis on doctrine. Too much useless head knowledge, they say. Their point is well taken though, because sometimes Christians really don't live out their faith.

I read this verse this morning, which I liked a lot: "Watch your life and doctrine closely" (1 Timothy 4:16). We need to be very diligent in watching the way we live our lives. And, we also need to watch our doctrine very closely. It's both, not either/or.

Also, I have been very lazy about posting recently. I will make efforts to post more :)