Friday, January 25, 2019

2019 (didn't really send a Christmas letter, so here is a new years letter...out before the lunar new year)

Hell or high water this is the year we launch a company.  App design is complete and development under way.  Jobbertunity is scheduled to launch in September.  Jane is gearing up to do a stellar job marketing the 30th anniversary of  Habit for Humanity in Bryan/College Station, as communications manager.  She has also taken on a board position for another nonprofit, Tiny Hope Village.  We hope to raise enough money to buy land and break ground on building a tiny house community to be a permanent home for those experiencing chronic homelessness in Brazos County.

Robbie was just recognized with a yellow belt in Kempo Karate and he is learning to read children's books in Spanish.  I am proud of him.  Anna will be finishing up preschool at The Family Montessori  and headed to kindergarten this year. Our little girl is baby is growing up and becoming a  little girl.  She is stubborn and sweet, articulate and strong.  She will make a good President one day. ANNA SHERMAN for POTUS 2052 

I am a little late in preparing for my fast this year, but God is forgiving and patient.  I will be headed to Big Bend State Park on the Rio Grande for some meditation and time with the Lord in March.  I pray that God will equip me with the right attitude to be humble and persistent this year.  The Lord said, remember who your boss is and I will open doors for you.  Lord I am counting on you because I cannot do it on my own.

To all my friends and family have a blessed 2019.  May this year bring grace, healing, joy, forgiveness and blessing.       



Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Book List

Books that changed my mind or perhaps my heart in order of publication date:

Tao Te Ching - Laozi - 6th Century BC

Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - 66-110 AD

The Art of Thinking - Ernest Dimnit - 1928

Man's search for Meaning - Victor Frankl - 1946

Lord of the Flies - William Golding - 1954

Battle for the Mind - William Sargant - 1957

Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fannon - 1961

Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger - 1961

Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth - R Buckminster Fuller - 1968

The Soft Revolution - Neal Postman - 1971

Sophie's World - Jostien Gaarder - 1991

Built to Last - Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras - 1994

Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson - 1995

2312 - Kim Stanley Robinson - 2012

A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki - 2013