Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures…Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Ps. 90:10,12) Many years ago, while on a prayer retreat in a mountain cabin I was reflecting on my life thus far. I thought about the number of years that had elapsed …
Finishing Well
Mark Twain said, “I don’t mind dying, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” But I devote most of my thoughts about dying to finishing well. I want to run all the way to the finish line. I’m particularly interested in how I can nail this last leg of the journey – …
(Just) Enough Time (Part 3 of 6)
This is part two of a six-part conversation about how God gives us enough time to finish our lives well, but just enough time. If you’d like to begin at the beginning… or if youwould rather, you can see the entire essay at barneywiget.com.] Sometimes we go into overtime There’s another piece of this story …
Leaving A Good Legacy (The “wisdom of Solomon” … Really?)
I think a lot about finishing well and legacy-leaving these days. I really want to live here in such away that when I leave here it’s a little bit better place than it was before I left. When I die I don’t want people whispering, “Good riddance! Blessed extraction! Don’t let the door hit you …
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