Give Away Your Christmas
I like buying gifts for other people. There is a sense of excitement from sharing gifts with our family and friends. I like receiving gifts, too. I have a few quirks in life — foods I won’t touch, odd habits,…
Aaron
A husband and daddy, born, raised, educated & employed in #RVA. Director of Programming @1stThings1stRVA. Making the most of life in Our City.
Views my own.
Dark Days.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. John 1:5 The light shines in the darkness. The light……shines……in the darkness. Today is the darkest day of the year. The darkness of the longest night will…
Quiet.
Shhh. Sit for a few seconds in the peace and quiet. There isn’t much that’s quiet about Christmas these days. The stores open their doors earlier and close later. The music starts after Halloween, and the lights go up soon…
Effective Virtual Team Communication
Working Remotely with the 5 Voices Virtual workplaces are an old standby, but COVID-19 has pushed many workplaces into the virtual world. Applying in-person principles to virtual workplaces causes discomfort. We can’t reproduce water cooler talk or team lunches, but…
Making Room.
This is a guest post from my wife, Kim. I’m glad she agreed to be part of the #ChristmasCountdown2020! ad·vent [ad-vent] noun 1. a coming into place, view, or being; arrival: the advent of the holiday season. 2. the coming…
What’s In A Name?
She will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus. – Matthew 1:21 Choosing a name was hard. As we awaited our oldest’s birth, the first baby name book I looked at had some very interesting, and non-realistic,…