Reading Time: 4 minutes We’re in Panic Mode! As I write this, my wife and I are in panic mode. We’ve been talking for some time about moving from our home in Phoenix, AZ to Rapid City, SD. Last month we spent several days in the Rapid City area, taking a hard look at it as potential residents. We’d …
Reading Time: 7 minutes When I was a young man attending a religious junior college, I took a “preaching 101” class. The teacher suggested that the best way to prepare a weekly sermon was to research a topic early in the week, then do nothing with it for at least a day or two. He said that while you …
Reading Time: 7 minutes It’s almost always a mistake for me to just sit down and start writing on a topic, or start working on a project without first thinking in detail about what I want to do and how I want to do it. I need to take time first to think things through. Mind mapping is the …