Where To Find Courage Courage is the ability to face difficulty, danger, or pain without crippling fear. And because life presents us with difficulty, danger and pain..
Johnny Lingo’s Eight Cow Wife Patricia McGeer tells the story of a journey to the island of Kiniwata in the Pacific. While on the island she repeatedly heard stories about..
Babe Caught Me Unprepared Texas beaches along the Gulf of Mexico stretch far and flat. Long and lonely they offer no resistance to a hurricane’s windy blast or tidal surge...
Avoid Distractions Time and again, Jesus reminded his disciples about his and their mission. The day he called his first disciples, they were casting a net into a..
A liar With Integrity Ethics is a defined standard of right and wrong, good and evil, like the Ten Commandments. Morality is a lived standard of right and wrong, good..
The Hypocrite Hypocrisy was a big deal to Jesus. I mean in a bad way. Toward the end of his ministry he said this: “Woe to you, scribes, and Pharisees,..
Reviving Crushed Dreams Between childhood and adulthood something harmful happens. The world, at some point, crushes our childhood capacity to dream we can make a..
Seize the Moment Procrastinators focus on problems. The diligent focus on solutions. There is an element of dishonesty in procrastination. When we procrastinate, we..
The key to success or failure Consider these truths that come from a single principle: You reap only if you sow. You reap only what you sow. You reap after you sow. You reap..
The Greatest Easter Ever There are 57 days until Easter. If you read the Jesus Story for less than ten minutes a day you’ll experience the entire life of Christ in..
How to lower your stress. You wouldn’t think something as insignificant as a gear-shift indicator could spell disaster for a car. But it did. I used to own a sporty car that..
Will you join me? Nothing has strengthened my faith and transformed my life more than reading through the four Gospels every month. When I began, 59 months ago, I..
Lead a big life in 2017 As you enter the New Year what kind of life do you want to live? John Rohn wrote this: Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue..
A weird experiment with a lesson I’ve never cracked an egg with a chicken inside. That would be a shocker if it occurred over a frying pan. But it’s been done by biologists with a..
Failure is the seed of success I’ve got an impressive resume of failure. It’s embarrassing to admit, but it’s true. At one time or another I’ve failed in every area of my life...
Anyone need a second chance? Anybody who ever failed a test longed for a second chance . . . one more night to study . . . one more chance to make the grade. Those who have..
Something Jesus Never Did Lately I’ve been thinking about procrastination. How I tend to put off doing things I don’t enjoy. Like de-cluttering the storage room or shaving..
Do you do this? After the false alarm regarding a brain disease a radiologist said I had, which a neurologist later said I don’t have, I thought a lot about the..
Are you open to correction? If we’re not open to correction then we’re inauthentic. The religious leaders of Jesus’ day had developed an elaborate system of rituals (masks)..
What I Never Saw Before I counted twenty-three times in the Gospels that Jesus referred directly or indirectly to his death and/or resurrection. In none of those instances..
Something to give thanks for Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday. Unfortunately, I’m too often like a cat living in a palace. Surrounded by beauty it focuses on the bird on a..
Do this to an enemy Humility is sometimes measured by how losses are handled. Humble men and women don’t make excuses. They don’t point fingers. They accept that even..
Am I dying? I’m not. That is, I’m not dying. But I can worry like a man waiting for a doc’s fatal diagnosis. And yet, I’m an amateur worrier compared to a..
When you go for it, and things don’t go We’re taught to travel fast and light. On the freeway we drive in the fast lane. If we want something we’re told to, “Go for it!” Immediate..
How to Create Momentum I’ve always been fascinated by trains. I used to lay in bed at night, before falling asleep, and imagine climbing into a freight car and traveling..
