Posts made in May, 2026

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 311 – Being Radical Oswald Chambers is characteristically direct when he writes that surrender is not primarily about giving up the external things of life, but about surrendering the will. In My Utmost for His Highest, he says that once the will is surrendered, “all is done,” and the rest of life becomes living out that surrender. He also warns us not to mistake surrender for a religious...

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 310 – Take the Towel  Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;  so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped...

Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 309 – Using the leavings Recently, I have been watching my wife Terri at work with what most people would consider scraps. Pieces of fabric. Buttons without a home. Zippers, ribbons, and bits of texture that would normally be set aside or thrown away. Notions, as they are called in sewing. Leavings. With care and creativity, she gathers them and begins to assemble something entirely new. A...