Cherrelle88 asked if I would like her to provide a Daily Toast. I said sure! What a pleasure. If anyone else wants to provide a Daily Toast, just let me know. Cherrelle88 sent it to me by email and I copied and pasted it below: To enjoy or to not enjoy? This holiday...

Try to not say one negative thing about yourself all day. Not one negative thing! Don't say, "I suck at this!" or "I really messed up!" or "I'm such an idiot!" or "I can't do it." Just try it for one day. I've discovered something. Words have power. When I was back in...

Malcolm Gladwell is coming out with a new book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants. I'm looking forward to reading this one just like I have all his others. From what I gather, he suggests that rather than there being the odd hero who...

I remember a few years ago I read through the Old Testament book of Joshua in one sitting. I was first of all overwhelmed with the violence. But I was also very impressed with how many times the phrase "Do not be afraid" was said. This is always something that is said...

I take my dog Abby for a walk a couple of times a day. At one point this morning as we were walking I said, "You're a good dog, aren't you Abby!?" She looked up at me and opened her mouth as if she was smiling, skipped a little in her step, sped up and was wagging her...

I am suspicious of ideologies and systems. Two quotes from Naomi Klein: "I think anyone who falls in love with a system is dangerous, because the world doesn't comply, and then they get angry at the world." "Ideology serves as sort of a cover story to rationalize...

Love doesn't control people. We have 3 grown children. I would love to control them so that they would always make wise choices, always be safe, and never do anything to hurt themselves or others. But I can't do that. They are individuals who have to live their own...

I've only watched a couple episodes of Hoarders and that's all I want to watch. We will keep everything from twist ties to TV sets. The emotional, sentimental and psychological attachment we may develop with our things is shocking! There are memories connected to each...

I was Skyping with another TLS member yesterday and asked her a simple question: "What do you want?" It's a simple question, but one I used to find impossible to answer. Many years ago when I was in one of my times of confusion, a mentor asked me the same question and...

I want to tell you a story of what happened to me last night. Lisa and I were invited to a friend's house. She was one of my leaders and we were great friends. But when I left the ministry and the church we had a kind of falling out. We've been working on restoring...