“The harvest is abundant but there are few laborers.” So explained Jesus his way to his friends in the Book of Luke. I found this entry when I was thinking about my Sunday post. I've been looking forward each week to find some glimmer of insight to share from the regular Sunday readings. This time …
Comfort Zone
This weekend there is a Fall Festival at our kids' elementary school. I'm volunteering to work for an hour in the afternoon. Stepping out of the comfort zone. Friday I took the day off to go with our younger daughter to a pumpkin patch with her class. I didn't know any parents of the kids …
De la Cruz
Actually this piece should be entitled, "De la Cruz and Rosa, Too." I've grown up with the first name in my life for a long time. In the city I'm from, there is a major road that runs north/south that bears this name. It runs by the airport. The English translation of "De la Cruz" …
Lyrics Post: “Mysterious Ways”
U2. Achtung, Baby! So many good songs. “...if you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel, on your knees, boy...” I love this line. I love the image, I love the instruction, I love the beat it goes along with. Here's the rest of the song. From 1991 to today, still gets …
BATCHUSR
There are lots of benefits to an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system in a manufacturing environment. One of the more fundamental ways I've experienced it being helpful to is with reporting. Massive amounts of data exist when a company runs their processes and related data through an ERP system. It follows then that business people …
Up and Down
Thinking back to a ride in Disneyland recently. It was one of the few our son would go on, given his place in time and space and thrill tolerance. We went up and down on this one as we spun around at a reasonable (but not scary) clip. Looking through the pictures, it has me …
Think Globally, Act Locally
When I was in school, my professor wrote this phrase in my class journal while he was reviewing it one time: "think globally, act locally." I don't recall the journal entry details I'd written that prompted this comment from him; I know very well that my head and heart where on fire with lots of …
Perseverance and Peace
Second Timothy, Chapter 3. “11 Here is a saying that you can rely on: If we have died with him, then we shall live with him. 12 If we persevere, then we shall reign with him. If we disown him, then he will disown us. 13 If we are faithless, he is faithful still, for …
R30
Major theme for this weekend: “SCU’89_R30.” This is the moniker I’ve given our 30th college reunion happening this weekend. What does this alphanumeric reference mean exactly? My own shorthand for “Santa Clara University Class of 1989, 30 Year Reunion.” Random? A little silly? Yea, I’m like that sometimes. This coming together, or really, collection of …
I Should Have Known
Big gathering this weekend, a reunion, a couple hundred (or more?) folks getting together to celebrate our years together in college a long time back. Fun for so many, especially those coming in from out of town, to visit the campus, refreshed big time since we walked those grounds. And people spending extra time in …
