Winter Wonderland

Snow on December 9th. Never in my whole life have I ever seen snow in Texas this early in the season. Maybe we’ll get a snow day.

Laugh and the World Laughs With You

Science proves that your mom was right, “…happiness spreads among people like a salubrious disease.”

Next thing they’ll tell us is that yawns and the giggles are contagious, too.

What He Said

Faith matters. A lot. Religion often gets in the way of faith. Religion, the scolding, rules-based part of religion, the part used as a lever in life or politics to insist that people follow a certain person or a certain idea… that’s not spreading so fast online.

But faith, faith is the salve we’ve always wanted and still want. Barack Obama offers a lot of people a different kind of faith, and we can see how it resonates. People want to believe, they want to be surrounded by people who believe and they want to feel good about it. What an opportunity.

-Seth Godin, Is Today’s Modern Church Busy Making Meatball Sundaes?

Wish that our church leaders understood this.

New Pet Peeve

Whistling at the office. Whistling Christmas Carols at the office.

Vocabulary Lesson #8: Spirit of the Radio

friendly
companion
unobtrusive
elusive
mood
linger
undemanding
solitude
airwaves
antenna
feedback
timeless
machinery
glittering
illusion
integrity

Bonus:
syncopation