**Mustard Seed Distributed**

I stand on the train. My reflection shouts at me out of the pane of window on the last car. The city runs by me in its fervor. People hustle. Bustle. Stop moving. Run to the door. Up the hole they go out into this world. Radio360 rings in my ear. I love this music. It creates a picture in my mind that makes sense. It guides my thoughts among the stops. Dinner with pastor. My friend. My confidant. My witness. Jesus rides with me. But sometimes I grab the wheel. He doesn't like me when I choose to drive. My girlfriend holds up her torch of freedom and shouts at me all the more. Free choice. It's yours. Why don't you make the right one? Satan fools me. More people rush by. In an instant I wonder who this man is reflecting off the glass. I don't recognize the face. It seems to thin to be me. I don't recognize the wrinkles. Is there wisdom in this face? Is there a heart that leads these thought patterns? He doesn't like it when I grab t...

Well, if you read my posts, it has been 'a hot minute' since my last fence building post. You are probably sitting on the edge of your chair checking my blog daily to see what happened. Or not. Thing is, because of the aussie and pastor, I was encouraged and convinced to take the high road, and even though I still feel I did nothing wrong, I did apologize for 'if' I reacted wrong. Of course the other end did not accept any wrongdoing either, but truth be told, I probably could have been less defensive. My problem is that I have a hard time when there are such important things that need to be addressed are not, and that was the thing that was addressed. (that may not make any sense to you, but it does to me) So I was immediately given affirmations two days after the fence building, and I feel that God just gave me a small gift and told me - it will be ok. Trust me. I continue to try to learn just that - to trust in Him. The day of fence building, I was on the t...

I really am confused by the events that took place yesterday. I was accused of not 'being on the right team'. In my eyes, we are all on the same team working to the same end. Not some division or separation that we need to institute in order to be sure people know which side of the fence we are on. This is the basic instrument that has precluded humanity from the concept of peace. Building fences. Erecting walls between groups of people. Trying to ensure separation between groups of people with different roles within an organization. This is the antithesis of leadership in my eyes, and I may not have reacted appropriately with such an accusation of said team side selections. In my eyes, if you are looking at an 'educational organization', the bottom line is student learning. That is why I believe in the mission and vision of the company I work for, and why I work hard to try to ensure just that - students are learning. I like to enjoy myself along the way. A...

Life. It is what matters, right? So why do we go through life, engaging in foolishness, wrestling with stupidity, and not following what we truly believe? Figure that one out and let me know, would you all? On this blog, I have a 'sitemeter' that tracks how many people visit, where they are, what gets them to the site, etc. It is really a pretty astonishing tool if you think about it. And I get a monthly report on it. I don't look at it very often, but once in a while, I will peruse some of the information contained therein. I came to the realization that I am just about to push the 20,000 visit mark. When I stop for a moment and consider that fact, it is pretty mind boggling. That is a lot of people that have visited, and I didn't really know why I started this blog, but felt compelled to a few years ago. So if you look at just the last 100 visitors, of course my Michigan entourage is tuned in, but there are people I don't know looking in from MI, as I ca...