show up
My colleague missed the deadline for submitting his part of our project. When I asked our leader how long I should wait, he told me to turn in what I had put together, for my partner would probably never come through. “It’s unfortunate,” he said, “but he isn’t dependable.”
“Not dependable” is a terrible tag. We may be attracted to…
virtuous
So, when was the last time you heard someone being complimented for being virtuous? In Ecclesiastes 7:29, we read, “God created people to be virtuous.” So, what does this word mean? The Hebrew word for virtuous is chayil, which means “strength.” Throughout the Old Testament, we find that in the majority of cases this word refers to soldiers, to fighting…
wasted gift
The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge possessed a tragic lack of discipline. He left Cambridge University to join the army; he left the army because he couldn’t rub down a horse; he returned to Oxford and left without a degree. He started a weekly newspaper that made it to just 25 issues before he ceased publishing it. It’s been said of…
