Monthly Archives: April 2012
So Where Is This God When You Need Him?
“God will surely come to your aid and then
You must carry my bones up from this place.”
A promise to cling to, a memorial to remind them.
His coffin remained as a silent testament,
His promise lived in their minds. Read the rest of this entry
One Easy Step to Become a Fantastic Leader Everyone Wants to Follow
“Can you name a person who has had a tremendous impact on you as a leader? Maybe some one who has been a mentor to you? Why and how did this person impact your life?”
We get so focussed on encouraging everyone to strive to become a leader that sometimes we forget that leaders are absolutely nothing without followers, yet Read the rest of this entry
How To Be Blissfully Happy As You Make Your Billions
The top one percent have it all and many of us could live a decade or two on their tax payments for just one year. Glitz, glamor and all the trimmings of success leave us “99 percenters” wondering just how did they do it? Read the rest of this entry
What Were You Thinking By Putting Us All At Risk?
If you aren’t surprised by the latest disclosures of sexual indiscretion in the Secret Service you should at least be concerned. There are significant and serious security issues involved and it is unsettling for us to recognize that an important arm of government has been seriously compromised. Is it the diet of stereotypes like Read the rest of this entry
Sex, Lies, and Why I’ll Be Able To Get Away With it.
As the national jury (that’s the one where everyone decides whose guilty based on snippets and sound-bites from the media) does its thing with John Edwards and his sordid lust affair, it makes another story come to life. Read the rest of this entry
Christianity Has Too Many Rules Already, Don’t Give Me More!
In words designed to demotivate every writer, temper every philosopher and provide a reality check for every professor, the Teacher in Ecclesiastes noted: Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body! Read the rest of this entry
What Did You Call Me?
Have you noticed you can pick up when someone uses your name – even if it’s across a crowded room with all sorts of distracting noise? You may not be able to hear everything that’s being said but you just know it’s all about you; You heard them say your name. Read the rest of this entry
How One Church Re-invented The Wheel.
The church had occupied that corner for years, so long, in fact, that the locals knew to ignore it. They drove past but they never considered stopping by; why would they? Read the rest of this entry
The Absolute Truth on Finding A Partner
You have to love the clarity of thinking with kids. They see what we see but they call it like they see it. Adults learn to dance around the truth but kids go straight to the jugular. Where do they learn all this stuff you ask? From us! Read the rest of this entry
A Bird’s Eye View of Life
Mom got up early on Sunday morning and got the kids ready for church. Dad sat in the living room reading his newspaper and looking out at the freshly fallen snow. They’d had this conversation many times before Read the rest of this entry
