Have you ever listened to the full speech given by Martin Luther King? I actually never had until a friend of mine posted it on his blog. I watched it and couldn’t help but appreciate the times and the turmoil that was Martin Luther King’s life. Whether you espouse all he was or not, this…
Up! We all want to be “UP”. Whether it’s in our personal, our family or career life, we break through barriers with people & projects and the idea of “UP” carries the idea of success. As the Dad of two amazing teenage boys, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to teach them to succeed in…
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done…” A quote from my good friend Joseph in Genesis 50:20. So glad God’s got our back, so to speak, and has such a grander view for our lives than we do. Using difficult circumstances to move us…
When I was a kid I loved jumping into the pool feet-first. Shallow end, deep end – it didn’t matter. I hated diving head-first. It scared me, even though I knew the deep end was plenty deep enough. I always thought about diving and really wanted to, but in the end I usually just jumped….
This past year our family seems to have had a “battle” theme. No, we’ve not been fighting a lot among ourselves. I have two junior high boys who are at the age where “battle” is intriguing. Plus my older son & I had the privilege of visiting Washington DC & the surrounding area, which is…
The last couple of weeks I’ve taken a step back from all my cyberspace busy-ness to just enjoy what’s happening in life. I’ve still been busy, talking with churches and running my kids around and doing some writing. But I decided to take a break from the things that were starting to nag at me,…
Unfortunately, many of us would click to this post because of the title – we want to hear the latest gossip. Also unfortunately, many will click away when the realize this post is about participating in gossip. Of course, we’ve all participated in gossip – either giving or receiving it. There’s no denying that there’s…
