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  • The One Thing I Would Save If My House Was On Fire

    It annoys me when someone at a party or in a classroom or at a staff meeting poses this hypothetical question:  “If your house was on fire and you could only grab one thing – what would it be?” Usually, they issue some further hypothetical parameters like “all the people and animals have already gotten …[ read more ]

  • How Much Do You Love Your Pigs?

    “It’s the economy, stupid.” Right? I mean, we know this phrase from every political campaign since Clinton ran against Bush in ’92. His campaign manager, James Carville, posted it in the office to remind Clinton to stay on topic and that the economy is what people cared about – jobs, money, the economy, stupid. Our hearts …[ read more ]

  • The Kingdom of God is Like CC’s Story

    My friend, Clernise (or CC as we call her), was born in Haiti. She grew up in an orphanage and then survived on her own in Haiti with only the Lord’s help for many years. Her constant prayer to God was that He deliver her from Haiti and get her to America. My friend, Joe, …[ read more ]

  • When the Undiscovered, the Underestimated and the Overlooked Have Their Day

    Have you been watching America’s Got Talent? I love that show. Maybe, just a little bit, because it makes me feel normal (that is, in comparison to some of the bizarro acts that appear briefly only to receive the big X judgment on their ability to play some body part or set themselves on fire …[ read more ]

  • “At Least I Wasn’t Fat” What Will Be On Your Headstone?

    Recently I met an old friend and asked what was new. My friend responded with a litany of physical training pursuits, an amazingly detailed description of a new diet and exacting measurements regarding weight, body mass index and fat ratio. I probed to see if anything else was on this person’s plate, so to speak, …[ read more ]