The following is a list that was written by the children of worship theologian Robert Webber after he suddenly died of pancreatic cancer. I had the privilege of knowing Bob the last few years of his life--he really was a fascinating individual whose work on worship has challenged and stretched my thinking a great deal. He also reached out to me on several occaisions. The first time I met him, we sat with a couple other students and talked into the night about worship and life. He was one of those people who made you feel like you were the most important person in the world when you were in his presence (regardless of what "was in it" for him). He had serious theological chops, yet he also allowed himself to be "silly" and didn't always take himself and others so seriously. That gives me hope--because my family will tell you that I am VERY silly at times! I'm still working on not taking myself so seriously. As John McCain put it not so eloquently back when the conservatives were "letting it fly" against him, sometimes we need to just "relax and lighten up."
1. How to be friendly to everyone
2. How to be gracious and forgiving
3. How to have a sense of humor
4. How to appreciate silence
5. How to eat ice cream standing up, right out of the carton
6. How to be a realist
7. How to be an optimist
8. How to say I’m sorry
9. How to see the best in everyone
and let them know it
10. How to do what you love and let
the chips fall where they may
11. How to fight fire with grace
12. How to not take yourself too
seriously
13. How to take yourself seriously
14. How to be dignified in the face of
adversity
15. How to stand up for what’s true
16. How to be broken bread and poured
out wine
17. How to cut your losses and move on
18. How to find true humility by giving
the glory to God
19. How to march to the beat of your
own drum and let others do the same
20. How to go with the flow and roll with
the punches
21. How to appreciate the past but live in the present
22. How to be very silly
23. How to hug like you mean it
24. How to hold your tongue
25. How to speak your mind
26. How to take it all with a grain of salt
27. How to seize the day, grab the bull by its horns, and live a life that’s
worth living.
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