Recently I received some great business advice from my mom. Please understand that my mom is retired from over 40 years of work in the business world, but she is usually not the first person I would think of for business advice. I mean, she is smart, no doubt about that, but she is my mom. I go to Warren Buffett for business advice. I go to my mom when I cannot find my recipe for cornbread.
One would think I would become callous to disappointing news after hearing so much of it each week, but some things will always leave me speechless.
Tweet Sometimes sharing your faith with them is a matter of helping them understand their circumstances in light of God’s plans and desires for their life. If you can connect…
I completed my first marathon today, the Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville, Alabama. I registered in September and began a training program that would help me get ready by mid December. I kept on schedule through my 18-mile run, but then life got crazy and I was not able to run much the last four weeks before the race. I had considered not running, but decided I had worked too hard and so I pressed into it and finished. The first question I get is “Would I do another one?†The answer is yes, but I have learned a few things about marathons that I would do differently if I did another one.
Tweet Recently I twittered the questions:  1.     What do you want for Christmas? 2.     If you had to name something intangible, what would it be?  I got some…
Tweet Here are some items that caught my attention this week and caused me to think.  Ministry Marketing Coach is going to provide some ideas in coming weeks to…
Tweet Earlier today I shared questions I recently asked our staff to help them prepare for a better 2009. In fairness, I felt I needed to answer these questions myself. Here…
Tweet Recently I shared some questions with our staff to consider answering as we head into a new year. Giving Chad (my co-pastor) and me the answers was optional, but…
Tweet I want to encourage you to release your children to explore their own faith. Okay, that sounds very liberal. I apologize, but let me explain. I hope your children…
Tweet Cheryl and I met for dinner tonight. She discovered her headlight was out, so I drove her car home and she drove mine. In her CD player was this…
Tweet The Christmas story in pictures. Hey, whatever works. Some people are very visual.
Tweet I received an email through my internet devotional site from a woman battling depression. Her question was, as a pastor, what would I tell someone who has been diagnosed…
Tweet Cheryl and I have a standing disagreement in a matter of opinion. When I say, “I’m ready to go†that means I’m ready to walk out the door, get…
Tweet We have a few chaplains in our church and one of those chaplains and his wife have graciously invited us to join them at some of the homecoming ceremonies…
Tweet Every corner of our country has a uniqueness in their culinary delights. A friend of mine’s daughter is having a nervous day. Tonight she is having dinner for the…
