Wes Roberts

...holly daze.......

...holidays.......

...holy days.......

...may the gift of God's grace be more overwhelming that you could ever imagine between now and that First Day of Christmas on December 25

...and may the 12 Days of Christmas, between then and January 6, known as Epiphany, find you thankful for life...another year...another decade in which to grow further into all you were designed be and do by the Triune...may you, more than any other year of your life, discover more deeply God's dreams for just you!

...Merry Christmas and A Surprising New Year To You!!!

2009...................................................................

...a very long, important and life-lesson-filled road

...already welcoming 2010

...looking east, from where we've come

...heading west, to where we're going and need and want to be

...taken on US Highway 20 somewhere in Nebraska, late May of 2007

...prevailing winds

...have blown me off course

...from the desire to blog the past few days

...not certain when I'll be back

...but I will be back

...circumstances

...some times welcome

...some times not

...and lessons to be learned

...during another amazing Christmas/New Year's season

...again, remember, I'll be back...........!  :-)

...both amazing

...and important

...one fine read of an idea:  Download What_Matters_Now

...what might you add?

...as this busy day of travel comes to a conclusion:

...if you've read The Shack

...then, I hope, you will welcome listening to what follows

...this was recently sent to me from a good friend back in Colorado

...there are two interview segments and 11 questions/responses made by one of the publishers of The Shack

...I'm in Houston tonight, preparting to participate in a conference the next three days

...this was an important watch/listen on many fronts for me

...I hope the same for you

...be blessed

...and good night for this Sunday...........

...thanks Reinhold!

...been thinking a lot about legacy

...getting older does that for one

...saw this in today's Denver Post by Reinhold Niebuhr:

"Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime"

...so then, what exactly is legacy?

...happy birthday, Lesslie Newbigin

...just about every other week

...I get to have some "Skype time" with Sivin Kit in Malaysia

...with 15 hours different in time zones, I'm waking up at 7 AM, and he's finishing the day at 10 PM

...but this sacred privilege of encouraging him in all 7 dimenisons of his life is always something I really look forward to

...as our friendship has developed I'm confident this has become a rich and good time for both of us

...and I've even gotten acquainted with his wife and three children in the process...what a good thing...precious and vibrant kids!

...today he mentioned that this is Lesslie Newbigin's 100th birthday...a man who has influenced Sivin, me and a host of others

...thus the encouragement to read some articles that Sivin posted (see his name highlighted above) on his blog even as we Skyped (amazed at the multi-tasking capabilities of the younger generation!!!)  :-)

...and Sivin's blog...or should I say blogs...are well worth checking into often...he is one quietly radical, remarkable, young developing leader, not only in Malaysia, but in other parts of the globe as well

...from a favorite blog site:

...during the 2009 Advent season, is this what we're waiting for?

...or what else might it be?

...did you hear about.......

...or read about ____________________________________________

...just fill in the blank with what you suspect, surmise, but don't really know

...been thinking a lot about the "social rumors" running around about events in Washington, DC and down in Florida that are helping keep the pundits busy creating some more meaningless news

...ya, sure...too many, evidently with too much time on their hands, are curious about the White House party crashers (if that's really what did happen...)

...and the Tiger Woods fire hydrant/tree incident and his brief, but (my opinion) seemingly honest, confession in today's news 

...and, ya betcha, if one listens long enough to the clatter out there, there seems to be six zillion tons of stuff to pass on...even where you are...doesn't have to be of international or meaningless intrigue

...then this came in today...and I like the "triple filter suggestion" of this post from one wise soul rumored to have lived a few years back...........

...and then.......

...this message of honest hope

...from a good friend of over 20 years now

...which takes me/us into this day