Results and Faith

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. You’ve seen the disclaimer when you look at a company’s quarterly results or your retirement portfolio: “Past performance is not an indicator of future results.” You know what that means—those outstanding… Continue reading Results and Faith

Setting Things Right

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. We were okay at first, sharing some outside interests and friendships. What we did at work didn’t intersect much. Then I moved into a new role, a role for which he… Continue reading Setting Things Right

“My Son Absalom!”

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Consider the life and death of Absalom. He was David’s third son and possibly his favorite of his older group of sons. He inherited David’s good looks—and other less admirable attributions.… Continue reading “My Son Absalom!”

Ask, and We Will Receive

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. It’d been weighing on me for four and a half months, a sin of impulse that had hurt no one but me. But I’d been without a spiritual… Continue reading Ask, and We Will Receive