My pastor shared a version of this Chinese parable on Christmas Eve and I have been thinking about it ever since. There was once a farmer in ancient China who owned a horse. “You are so lucky!” his neighbors told him, “to have a horse to pull the cart for you.” “Maybe,” the farmer replied. […]
It is amazing how time flies. There has been so much that has happened lately and I feel like I am in a bit of a whirlwind. However, it is not a bad thing because I feel like things are going very well. It was interesting that I ran across a recent blog post I […]
The dictionary defines thankful as feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative. What is interesting is that at my church where Kim and I have been helping out with Players Box, which is a program designed to free students to love academics, arts, and athletics. One of the challenges we gave the students was to every day […]
For the past few months, I have been doing some reading and self-discovery about the Enneagram and finding my type. There are so many personality types out there that it is hard to figure out which one is best. The thing I like best about the Ennegram is that the focus is not on just […]
I recently listened to the Play And Purpose series at Crossroads Church here in Cincinnati and it has me really reflecting on things. To add to it I feel like Brian Tome‘s The Aggressive Life podcast also hit on very similar subjects. So the past week or so I have had a lot of introspection. […]
It has been a long time since I last used my blog. Over a year and a half if you were wondering. I even changed the web address from thesnuffy.com to iamtoddporter.com since I have “rebranded” myself on social media that way as well. The last year and a half have been a busy one […]