Where are YOUR kitchen appliances listed?

My toaster tops the list of The Top Five Cutest Gadgets Ever.

Ordinary object-hacking trancends the language barrier

I don’t speak Czech, but that didn’t keep me from really enjoying this book of new uses for familiar objects. I particularly enjoyed 17, 21, and 25…

Wow, they really DO sell everything!

I wear my sunglasses at night…

Mission statement, round one

Thanks to a little friendly prodding, I finally sat down and wrote a first draft of my personal mission statement.
Because I am a nerd and like frameworks, I decided to go role-by-role and state (in the present tense) something I have, something I am, and something I do for each of them (this is particularly [...]

Motivation for evangelism

As I recently mentioned, I’m reading “Just Walk Across the Room” by Bill Hybels. In just the introduction and the first chapter, there has been plenty of though-provoking material.
The premise of the book is that sometimes evangelism is not about having a polished testimony, or knowing all the texts meant to convert people, but [...]

Sarah, the over-extended (and over-obsessive) non-fiction reader

I have a bad habit. (Actually, I have loads of them, but I’m just going to tell you about one right now. Don’t want you feeling overwhelmed.)
Lately I’ve been reading mostly non-fiction. However, if you look at the sidebar section entitled “I Just Finished”, you’ll see that I’m not actually finishing non-fiction [...]

Off the bandwagon, plus a few thoughts

I’m sure by now that it is painfully obvious that I’m not doing the commentary on “The Search for Significance” as I’d intended. I did have good intentions, but you know what those pave! As it turned out, I’ve been keeping up with my assigned reading of the book (but just barely), and [...]

The Search for Significance: Chapter One - The Light Comes On

From the book:
Many of us are hurt emotionally, relationally, and spiritually, but because we are unaware of the extent of our wounds, we don’t take steps toward healing and health. Our problem is not stupidity but a lack of objectivity.
The author suggests that there are a variety of reasons for this lack, ranging from [...]

The Search for Significance: Introduction

The introduction is a very brief overview, and it kind of sums up for me the reasons I’m so excited to read this book. It tells of lives changed and people healed through the message of freedom God has for us, and the truth of God’s “love, forgiveness, and purposes for your life.”
The more [...]