Category Archives: Proverbs

Do You Have Good Eyes?

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Bob Bjerkaas

In the English-speaking world, we often speak of having either “good eyes” or “bad eyes.”  A person who has made it into their fifties without needing glasses might say, “I was blessed with good eyes.”  Someone like me, on the … Continue reading →

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Authenticity or Self-Control?

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Bob Bjerkaas

I don’t know about you, but I have heard the word ‘authenticity’ an awful lot lately.  And, to be frank, the more I have heard it, the more I have become uncomfortable with the way it is being used.  Let … Continue reading →

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What Color Are Your Glasses?

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Bob Bjerkaas

The idea of wearing “rose colored glasses” is ubiquitous in the English speaking world.  This idiom is found in everything from literature and music to our everyday conversations.  And everyone knows that the one looking through rose colored glasses is … Continue reading →

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Unfulfilled Longings: A 36 Pontiac and Proverbs 13:12

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Bob Bjerkaas

Several years ago I had a chance to spend a morning with my Grandfather and I learned something about him that I had not known before.  I don’t remember how it came up, but while we were sitting in the hospital … Continue reading →

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$394,258.28 Advice for Everyone: Prioritize and Finish

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Bob Bjerkaas

In leadership and management literature there is a frequently cited anecdote involving two giants of the early twentieth century.  In 1918, Charles Schwab, then the CEO of Bethlehem Steel, had a fifteen minute long meeting with Ivy Lee, a productivity … Continue reading →

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Solomon’s Uncertainty Principle

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Bob Bjerkaas

In quantum mechanics, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle describes one small sense in which we as humans cannot know everything.  We cannot, with equal precision, know both the position and the speed of an object in motion.  There are, however, other principles of … Continue reading →

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A Kind Word

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Bob Bjerkaas

From time to time we all struggle with anxiety.  By anxiety I don’t just mean the clinical diagnosis as defined by the American Medical Association.  I mean the everyday anxiety, the fears and cares that give us heavy hearts when … Continue reading →

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No More Costume Parties!

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Bob Bjerkaas

This month churches all across America will have costume parties for kids. Whether they are called “Fall Harvest Festivals” or “Reformation Day Parties,” kids will show up in fellowship halls from here to Maine dressed up as little ninjas, superheroes, … Continue reading →

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