A civil engineer here in Boise shared a consultant’s advice on how the city should plan for growth. The consultant listed three factors a city needs in order to create and sustain a thriving urban culture. 1) A cool downtown scene. 2) A reputable four-year college. 3)...
“I hate when they make you wait in the room. Because it says ‘Waiting Room.’ There’s no chance of not waiting. They call it the waiting room; they’re going to use it.” - Seinfeld Seinfeld captures that slow dread—waiting. But then there’s those times when you wait for...
“But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.” - Proverbs 4:18 There’s not many times I can remember waking up to do something outside at dawn. It’s not something you look forward to. And yet…it is. The...
“Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.” - Prov 19:2 You’ve heard “Think before you speak.” But what about “Think before you want”? I don’t know if that’s technically possible, but at a minimum, God wants us to be...
"All the days of the afflicted are evil, but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.” - Proverbs 15:15 In the show Parks & Rec, there are two co-workers, Tom and Donna, who develop a tradition together. It’s called “Treat yo' self.” In this daylong,...
“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” - Proverbs 4:23 A little while ago, we had a water main break on our street. Actually, it was all the way at the front of our street, and across it. While the county was repairing it, we were...
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