Ten Things Every Traveler Should Pack
A couple years ago I posted this and it was one of the most popular posts ever. So figure it was worth reposting as Summer gets into full swing! Here’s my list of ten things…
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From One Clueless Guy to Another
Rarely does an email from a company capture my attention. Most are self-serving, safe, and dull. But Shawn Parr of the marketing firm Bulldog Drummond does it differently. He makes sure the emails from his…
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Blues Brothers, Junkyard Style
Remember the scene in The Blues Brothers when John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd drove the decommissioned police car through Chicago in a classic chase scene? The other day I had a flashback of an experience…
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Creating Wealth
I’ve posted this John Chrysostom quote before but it’s so insightful it seemed best to do so again. Hope you find it as interesting as I did the first time I read it some 30+ years ago!
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Baby Feet
As Christmas Day draws near, here is a reflection inspired by the conclusion of Salvaged. Whether in medieval art or contemporary holiday cards, you’ve seen Christmas scenes with the newborn Jesus and his pudgy little feet. Yes,…
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A Prayer for the Church
The American Church seems in disarray. I suppose the Church has had problems from the beginning, has them now, and will have them for quite some time. But right now it does seem especially, well, sad…
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Generosity Without Money
Since writing Junkyard Wisdom I’m often asked a simple question about generosity: how can we be generous without a lot of money? Plenty of people think generosity is mostly about giving money away to worthy causes….
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Junkyard Wisdom 3.0
For several months I’ve felt like this blog had become tired looking. Remember the stock photography of the junked cars across the top? Like all junk cars it started to become an eyesore. Thus it…
