Category: hmm… thoughts

  • Theodore Roosevelt on Criticism

    It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who…

  • A rant on the National Mortgage Settlement letter I received

    You stole my house and you want me to accept $840? Here’s my rant to share what I think about that.

  • Football thoughts – First Edition

    I watched way too much football yesterday.  My two teams, Notre Dame and San Diego State, bookended the college football schedule. My alarm went off at 5:30 AM to start making breakfast for a 6:00 AM kickoff for the Irish. And San Diego State took on Washington with a kickoff at 7:30 PM. My friend…

  • Developing New Skills

    “Um, I went to Bible College. I have a degree in youth ministry.” I find myself saying that a lot when I’m frustrated. Sometimes when things aren’t going well on a project I suddenly feel way, WAY outside of my training. I’m not an event planner! Right now I’m in full-on event mode, deep into…

  • 1000 Words

  • I see your faith in action

    A year ago I stood on the edge of a giant cliff. And jumped. No regrets. No turning back. Hit the play button on Tom Petty’s Free Falling. My jump involved leaving a life of the bi-weekly paychecks behind and launching McLane Creative & The Youth Cartel. It wasn’t a faith step in that resolution…

  • Still overcoming fears

    Last week I sat down and overcame a fear. I’ll be 36 years old next week. There are still moments when I stare in the mirror and have to psyche myself up to do something that makes me nervous. When I was a kid I was horribly shy. I would hide from any situation that…

  • Sitting down to write

    I’m on a three day writing retreat to finish one manuscript and begin two others. It’s weird. I write 700-1000 words every day before work and it’s not unusual to write a few thousand more per day for my work. But I’ve never actually set aside 60 hours from everything else just to write. Some…

  • The Absence of Hope

     

  • Mike Yaconelli on Busyness

    More Yaconelli quotes.