by 12tasks | May 15, 2023 | Jack Taylor
With the onslaught of social media, television and our education system, it seems like an overwhelming task for parents to have any influence on the upcoming generations. It seems that this is not a new phenomenon. In Psalm 78 Asaph says “I will utter hidden things,...
by 12tasks | Apr 26, 2023 | Jack Taylor
I traveled to Rwanda in February-March 2023 with my son, Richard to do some leadership training. I was surprised by something I didn’t expect. The day after our arrival, in a church, a man stepped out and grabbed my shoulders. “I’ve been waiting to meet you,” he said...
by 12tasks | Mar 16, 2023 | Jack Taylor
I did something today I haven’t done for years. I sat in an easy chair in the lounge of a Rwandan B&B on a March morning soaking in the soothing warmth of sunshine, the ceaseless river of birdsong, the pleasant chatter of visiting community members, and I released...
by 12tasks | Mar 9, 2023 | Jack Taylor
Tondu, it’s interesting that you asked me to write to you about life in the hard times. I read through Psalm 63 this morning in my devotions and it is about exactly that. Life when things get hard. In fact, it seems a lot of the psalms I’ve read are about that. Life...
by 12tasks | Jan 26, 2023 | Jack Taylor
A lot of things can happen in the course of a year. Both for you and for your son or daughter. You can do your best to lay out a strategic plan for the 12 Tasks with one task a month or with a series of progressive challenges carefully spaced out. Then, something...
by 12tasks | Jan 26, 2023 | Jack Taylor
My grandson Anderson and my son Richard just ran a half marathon in the heat of Portland for one of Anderson’s 12 tasks. Richard had tried to practice in Rwanda during his month-long teaching time there but he was clearly dragging as they passed the 12 mile mark....
