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I want you to think of something you think of as important. A relationship, a job, an appointment, a possession… What do you do to make sure you keep that “something”? Chances are you pay attention to it, focus on it, or guard it. That’s what I do too; I like what I like and want to keep it. That’s a good start in understanding what we find Jude writing to his audience in Jude vs. 3  where Jude says, “ contend earnestly for the faith ”.     “Faith” is referring to “ The essen

We just crossed the threshold from 2025 to 2026. How does that make you feel…other than possibly a bit older? Are you excited about a new year leading to a fresh start or are you bummed that you didn’t meet your goals from 2025? Maybe a little of both.   They saying goes “it’s not how you start that matters but how you finish.” I happen to agree with that. Typically the easiest part of a project is at the beginning when there is the most hope and excitement for how a projec

We just celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday. I imagine you had some kind of tradition in stating something you were thankful for (we do anyway). ’m sure that for that day, it wasn’t that hard to come up with something to be thankful for; family, friends, your job, or at least the food you were about to eat. What about the rest of the year? What about when things aren’t going in such a way that it’s easy to give thanks?    We typically want to reserve our words of thanks for

The phrase ““If you can’t beat em’, join em’’”  has been around at least as long as the 1930’s, and has been used as a slogan for any number of decisions from the political figure we voted on,  the places we shop, and even the sports team  we root for.  Early last summer, I publicly switched from being a Mariners fan to a Yankees fan.  I wasn’t exactly ready to be a Yankees fan, but I was tired of the Mariners way of losing year after year, so I switched. I was instantly rewa