Pursuing greater intimacy with God and others through the discipline and practice of Rest and “Life-Balance”
Rightsizing your life
When a business increases infrastructure or operational costs to the point where it can no longer sustain profitability, it’s leadership and stakeholders will often resort to rightsizing or downsizing the organization. Reasons for engaging in downsizing efforts can include, your industry is declining, economic recession, rising costs, or less demand for your product or services…
Night then Day.
For most people, life tends to revolve around work. Instead of life driving labor we live in a way where labor drives life. We start and focus each morning on work, and it determines and drives our day. We put work ahead of our marriages and families and don’t take nearly enough time to cultivate…
Don’t idolize the scaffolding.
I want you to picture in your mind’s eye a team of painters who have been contracted to paint a five-story building. As they begin this project, to gain access to all parts of the structure they will need to put up scaffolding. Hold that thought, but now I want you to think about your…
Are you a Collector?
Collections. People have been collecting things since the beginning of time. Among the more familiar items that folks collect are coins, stamps, works of art, antiques, baseball cards, comic books, dolls to name a few. Whatever it is, collectors tend to have a passion for the things they collect, and their collections become part of…
Are you a Polyglot?
Are you a polyglot? Only about 3% of the world’s population are polyglots. Which means they can speak 4 or more languages. A man by the name of Steve Kaufmann can speak 22 languages. At age 75 he is still learning new ones. Egyptian ruler Cleopatra is said to have spoken at least 9 languages.…
Ran the 100-meter dash in 62.95 seconds.
The current world record for the 100-meter dash is 9.58 seconds set in 2009 by Jamaica’s Usain Bolt. Now, that’s fast! So, you are probably asking as you read the title of this week’s post, “What’s the big deal about running a 100-meter race in 62.95 seconds? After all that’s 6 1/2 times slower than…
Ralf, this is profound and on point. This message needs to be spread. I look forward to having do that…
Amen brother, preach it. I so agree with the comparison between in-person verses online community. The word itself is an…
Thanks so much for your comment Bill, The interruptions in our lives really are the God moments that He uses…
Hi Ralf, Your story this week reminds me of an experience I had back in the 90’s when I was…
The Rest Stop 
Jon, thanks for your words of encouragement. Looking forward to sharing with your audience. Blessings! – Ralf