Category Archives: In A Nutshell

Applying the Wisdom and Discipline of Proverbs to Everyday Life The Book of Proverbs is renowned for its wisdom and discipline. One of my favorite passages and one of the most well-known is Proverbs 3:1-6, which states, “My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,  for they will prolong yourContinue reading “In A Nutshell | April 21, 2023”

Sorting Out the Change that Lies Ahead I have always been somewhat of a slow learner. It often takes two or three explanations or clarifications before I have a complete understanding of the subject matter. With that in mind, I would like to further clarify my recent appointment (also known as a “second charge”) atContinue reading “In A Nutshell | April 14, 2023”

Honoring the Heroic Sacrifice of Our Savior I’m just finishing a book about the Tuskegee Airmen, the highly skilled but greatly undervalued black pilots who engaged in a number of pivotal missions for the United States during World War II. Like all pilots of that era, they put their lives on the line with everyContinue reading “In A Nutshell | April 7, 2023”

Combing Through Life’s Unavoidable Problems For most of us, there are at least two things that come with age: wisdom and gray hair. I’m not sure that I have become much wiser over the years, but I have certainly become much grayer. The person who cuts my hair tells me that gray hair is moreContinue reading “In A Nutshell | March 31, 2023”

Spring Has Sprung: Engage in Active Outreach  Now that winter is over — at least officially — it’s time for us to come out of hibernation and back into the real world. True, March can a fickle month – warm and sunny one day, cold and blustery the next — but warmer weather is onContinue reading “In A Nutshell | March 24, 2023”

Take Your Time, But Give It Back, Too The old saying, “Don’t lose sleep over it,” is sage advice for those who find themselves tossing and turning at night after experiencing an angst-ridden day. It’s best to let it go, if possible, and get a restful night’s sleep. Sometimes, however, loss of sleep is unavoidable —Continue reading “In A Nutshell | March 10, 2023”

Doing ‘Our Best’ and Helping Others to do Likewise In my early elementary-school years, I was a classic underachiever. My parents and my teachers told me repeatedly that I did not “apply myself” and that clearly I could do better. Those admonitions went largely unheeded by me as I continued to languish in mediocrity. ButContinue reading “In A Nutshell | March 3, 2023”

Time to ‘Get Together’ and ‘Love One Another’ In 1967, when the Vietnam War was escalating at an alarming rate, peace rallies were springing up in cities and towns across the United States. Thousands of anti-war activists — young and old — were coming together to plead with our nation’s leaders to put an endContinue reading “In A Nutshell | February 24, 2023”

Better to Lean on the Cross than ‘Knock on Wood’ We’re all familiar with colloquialisms — expressions used over and over again to describe, explain, or summarize a particular situation.  One of the more common examples of these popular sayings is “Knock on Wood,” something we say in the hope that our good fortune willContinue reading “In A Nutshell | February 17, 2023”

After Further Review, Our Slate is Clean Super Bowl LVII kicks off on Sunday evening, and once again the Browns will not be participating, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the game. No one can predict the outcome (although many will try), but there are certain things we can count on, including an extensiveContinue reading “In A Nutshell | February 10, 2023”