Remembering My Dad My dad was a great storyteller and very funny. Being Irish, I guess it is part of the ancestry. He spoke fondly of his college years and was the first in his family to receive a degree. During WWII he was in the Army Infantry. He entertained himself and his platoon by…Read more Father’s Day Reflections
Christian Living
Change Takes Vision
Change is hard Whether it is starting an exercise program or healthy eating, change takes effort and is not easy. It takes a vision of a new future. What I mean by that is your old habits are so entrenched that it takes a new vision to move out of them. You need to see…Read more Change Takes Vision
Injured
The injured athlete The Google definition of tackling in American football is: “to stop the forward progress of (the ball carrier) by seizing them and knocking them to the ground.” Sometimes in knocking the ball carrier to the ground someone gets injured. The injured athlete’s movement is restricted and they are on the bench until…Read more Injured
Celebration Tour! “Live Pure and Free”
Live Pure and Free will be on a Celebration Blog Tour starting September 1st and running through September 14th. Every day a blogger will either post a review of the book, have a spotlight for it, or feature an interview with the author. Oh, that's me. Follow the tour and share the link with your…Read more Celebration Tour! “Live Pure and Free”
Warning: Teenage Danger Zone
Schools out! With summer comes lots of unscheduled time for children. With many parents busy working, there will be occasions when school-age children are on their own or with peers. No parent wants to imagine that their child is looking at pornography, but it does happen. Some researchers say the average age of exposure to…Read more Warning: Teenage Danger Zone
Benefits of a Good Leader
My choir director, Brian, had an interesting way of approaching a new song. We did not start at the obvious place, like the beginning. “Go to number 5 on page 8,” Brian would say. We’d work on a difficult section of the song at number 5 until we had that down. “Turn to page 12…Read more Benefits of a Good Leader
I’m not worthy!
Remember in Wayne's World when Garth and Wayne would bow and say, "We're not worthy?"
Isn't that the way we act sometimes after we've sinned?
Closing The Gap
You know the gap. The mechanic tells you, “You’ve got a bad oil leak. If you don’t have it checked out you could lose your oil and get stranded on the road.” You put it off and find yourself stranded on a lonely highway. It’s a human tendency to put things off or minimize them.…Read more Closing The Gap
Connect to the Power Sources for True Change
Habit will reconcile us to everything but change.-C.C.Colton Lacon, 1825 Habit is stronger than reason.-Santayana, Interpretations of Poetry and Religion 1900 A friend recently posted on Facebook about his battle with a Tootsie Roll(™). He is trying to stick with a healthy diet and instead of just popping the free candy in his mouth he…Read more Connect to the Power Sources for True Change