“All things excellent are both difficult and rare”

Spinoza was onto something, I think. And it seems especially germane today. I’m amazed at how often I find myself wondering, “Certainly there is an easier or faster way to do this.” Now, it’s not like I have good reason to think that in those particular circumstances, and I’m aware that efficiency and progress can [...]

FCC Newsletter Blurb - Why We Pursue Excellence

Figured I’d share some of what I’m writing in the church newsletter. I think I’m gonna have to use snippets from my vocational production (How stilted sounding is that?!… What the heck is “vocational production”?) in order to consistently have fodder for blogging and, at the same time, not add more time than it’s worth [...]

Good Quote from Jack Nicklaus

Here’s a good quote I picked up from SmartPastor.com:
“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s levels of aspiration and expectation.” -Jack Nicklaus
Here’s a good source page: The Quotations Page