Category: Personal Growth
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Never On Time
Matthew 18:20 [20] For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” (ESV) I tend to be one of those people who hates being late. If you are on time, you are ten minutes late. That is just the way that I look at the world. Now everyone is…
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The Surprising End
We are always so surprised when a celebrity dies. As of late the wonderful Dolly Parton and the Actor Tim Curry recently passed away. I have reached the age in my life when many of the well know and famous people of my youth are starting to die. Famous actors and action heroes, sports stars,…
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To Be Fed, But Not To Feed
If you have ever worked with any organizations, especially not for profit organizations, then you have seen the 10/90 effect. That is 10% of the group do all the work and 90% see the benefit. It is in our nature to get maximum benefit for the least amount of effort. That is called survival. But…
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Azaleas
Seems like a strange title for a post but bare with me. Sometimes this is just how my mind works. I was doing some mowing recently and saw an Azalea that was clearly at deaths door. Over the last few years it has been declining and this year may be its last. It is mostly…
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Little Things
Little Things can often times end up adding to big things if we loose sight of who we are in Christ and what we are doing in our lives for Christ.
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Hard Topics: Christian Suffering
This week, Pastor Darren King joins me on the podcast to discuss suffering. A topic that is hard for everyone, even Christians. The world looks at suffering as inevitable and as something that should be dulled or distracted away. But how should Christians look at it is the question? Especially when so often suffering in…
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Rope Burn
I am reminded form time to time that to do or be better sometimes requires a certain amount of pain. Which is something that none of us look forward to or enjoy. If you do, that is a problem of a different sort all together and not anything that is going to be addressed in…
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Pit Falls and Traps
I often marvel at the Wisdom of the Lord in terms of Scripture. As I have gone through life I see more and more of God’s truth being validated in his word. For example, the Bible speaks of people being diluted in their thinking. 2 Thessalonians 2:11–12 [11] Therefore God sends them a strong delusion,…