Isn’t it interesting how boys get jealous of those without manners or good personal hygiene? He’s disgusting: how I envy him!
There is such as thing as “boy funk.” Some kids, like adults, must make an extra effort at good hygiene. When I was growing up, the number one role model for kids going through this issue was Pig Pen from the Peanuts comic strip. Yes, that’s most likely where I got the inspiration to draw this cartoon.
Carey Nieuwhof had a great post entitled, 5 Signs Bad Governance Is Stifling Your Church’s Growth and Mission. In a previous post that he no longer has posted, Niewshof had some great points on how committees can knock the wind out of good ideas. In his post, he said,
When it comes to courageous change, here are four things that are true:
Committees kill vision
Individuals are almost always more courageous than teams
The more people you seek to please up front, the less inspiring your idea will become
Leaders don’t always walk alone, but sometimes they have to start alone.
Carey Nieuwhof
When it comes to facing your fears, it can be tough to let people see you as vulnerable and in a rough state, like this old sketch.
When I originally posted this, I thought I’d take one of my roughs out of my sketchbook. Is it facing my fears of showing my rough lines in all its glory? Perhaps. I did a lot of sketching then but didn’t have much time to create polished artwork unless I could invoice it.
Do you ever feel like you are lost in a spiritual desert? Sure you do! We all face times that feel like we are lost in a dry, parched land. We all have times when we:
When I drew this, I was thinking how great it would have been to be Jesus’ disciple and get official t-shirts. Did they know they were part of something really big?