Oct 29
Here is where to begin reading the Daily Doses 1-10 in order.
It’s not too late to start that list. Or add to that list. Or let it simmer. Or look it over and think about it. In the meantime, here are a few more tendencies for you to consider. Read more
So, how’s the list coming? If your thought was just to keep reading until you found some practical hint to try, why not just give the list a whirl? If, on the other hand, you jotted down pages of things that need doing, but not so much the why it is important you be doing those specific things, today and tomorrow are just for you. Priorities are something of a middle ground, the space between tangible to-dos and grand values. While you continue working with your own list on your own time, we are going to read about some of the underlying reasons why pinpointing priorities is difficult for most people. Read more
Quite a few organizational systems start with compiling such a list–and yes, if someone has hired a time consultant it might take several days of consulting fees to pull it together. These systems are following excellent ancient advice from the Lord when they ask their clients to undertake such a project. The Lord’s advice comes to us in the form of a prayer from Moses back to the Lord in Psalm 90: teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom (Psalms 90:12). Read more
Do you know how to get the right answer for any situation? You need to ask the right questions! Questions set a line of inquiry, and the best sets of questions help us maintain a wholesome objectivity, a passionate determination, and a helpful empathy. Questions are so informative! At times questions open new vistas and insights way beyond their actual answers. Questions are so helpful, we’ll need to give them a day or two on center stage, but right now, we just need to know what time questions will work that kind of magic for us? Read more
Thinking about time through the priority stewardship lens is not slapping a new term on top of an old idea, but realigned thinking. Accurate biblical thinking aligns our minds with God’s—something that is neither natural nor (often) welcome for most of us. While it may sound impressive (or boorishly superior) to declare, “My thoughts in this area of life reflect God’s thinking,” such words usually point to a motive or an attitude that is decidedly NOT aligned with God’s thoughts and character. So here is the first truth about biblical thinking: it is never just about the superficial words or surface responses, it is at least equal doses of motives, desires, drives, and thinking. Read more
Priority Stewardship 