Wisdom Knows That Less Is Often More I am a “finish-if-it-kills-me” type of person. Yep, stay up all night to finish a project, turn over an entire house to find a missing object. That sort of thing. Wyndham stays wiser. He figures that he can finish it later, or look...
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Wisdom Brings Resolution Have you ever been in an awkward or difficult conversation, felt badly about it, and yet never spoke of it again—dropped, as if it had never happened? Or, have you had a conflict and decided that silence is golden—and then placed the...
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Wisdom Keeps the Doors Open By Jimmie Brunson Reading the Wednesdays with Wyndham series, one can't help but understand that Wyndham loved to fish. As his brother-in-law for 40+ years, I have had the blessing of sharing in some of the fishing adventures and...
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Wisdom Offers a Safe Place Do you remember being scared as a child and running to a parent’s embrace? Or being caught in a storm and reaching the warm safety of shelter? Or, have you sat white-knuckled on a turbulent airplane flight welcoming sweet relief as wheels...
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Wisdom Loves to Fish By Jack Frederick Fishing is not easy. If you don’t love to fish then fishing is often not fun. It’s only fun when the fish are biting and when you’re catching fish if you don’t love to fish. I never knew anyone who loved to fish like my friend...
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Wisdom Never Gives Up No, this is not a pregnancy announcement. However, to me this little outfit is pregnant with meaning. (So. the picture does not show how little the shirt is. Trust me, it's little. My arm is only so long.) No one knows (until now) the meaning...
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Wisdom Finds Spiritual Heroes By Kevin Miller Several months ago I was on the phone helping a friend and fellow disciple with his marriage—communication, emotional intelligence, patience—this kind of stuff. This brother and I had known each other in the faith for...
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Wisdom Imparts By Justin Gonet A month or so ago, my family and I stayed at the Shaw house for a weekend as we often do these days. That Saturday night Wyndham wanted to teach my son, Micah, an impromptu lesson about fishing—to impart the tenets of the sport that’s...
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Wisdom Trusts Jacob: You know Dad, I could lift you much easier if you would let go of the bar. Wyndham: Sorry, I keep forgetting to let go. Jacob: Dad, you can let go. I will never, ever drop you. They laugh. I turn my head to hide the mist forming in my eyes. “I...
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Wisdom Asks the Most Important Questions. You see, in the final analysis it is between you and God. It was never was about you and them anyway. A powerful closing to a soul-piercing poem by Mother Theresa. It’s all too easy to excuse ourselves from doing what is right...
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Wisdom Understands Buckets and Funnels Nor’easters. They are fierce. For those of us living in New England these mean high winds—accompanied by hearty downpours of rain or hefty droppings of snow. Today's forecast calls for a foot of snow. Last week’s nor’easter was a...
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Wisdom Keeps Showing Up If Woody Allen had it right when he said, “Showing up is eighty percent of life,” then Wyndham has lived a lot of life. Showing up consistently is particularly important. Jesus showed up consistently. In fact, he promises to always be with...