Fix in times of peace what might break in times of war
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. That’s decent advice for some areas of our lives; however, when it comes to our key relationships there…
Chris Jackson
Pastor Author Teacher
Chris Jackson
Pastor Author Teacher
Essays
Do you see what you have or what you don’t have?
Where are you looking? It’s an important question because where we look determines what we see, and what we see determines how we feel about…
Goodbye Barbie!
The day I have always dreaded has come upon me. Maddie has officially said goodbye to Barbie. After years of immersion into Mattel’s world of…
Curing Eeyore
Eeyore, the old grey Donkey, stood by the side of the stream, and looked at himself in the water. “Pathetic,” he said. “That’s what it…
Lamps or Lasers
D.L. Moody once said, “Give me a man who says, ‘This one thing I do’ not ‘these fifty things I dabble in.’” He was highlighting…
How important is the final glimpse?
The final glimpse stays with us doesn’t it? Whether it’s the sight of our Kindergartener boarding the school bus for the first time, a departing…
The Golden Globes
Did you hear Daniel Day-Lewis’ acceptance speech for his “best actor” Golden Globe win last Sunday night? I didn’t. Unfortunately, I watched all of the…
Kept
Kept: past tense of keep, verb. Held or retained in one’s possession; held as one’s own. Held or used for a set period of time.…
Nice versus necessary
It would be nice to have a better year than last year. I would really like to be happier, healthier, and more financially fit. It…