When you are in the mortgage industry as a 100% commissioned loan officer, you are basically self-employed.  You have to generate all of the business yourself (or you don’t eat lol!).  This can be very self-rewarding as there are unlimited opportunities, but this type of business also comes with its…

“…For at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.” Rm 2:1b (NIV) or in The Message version: “…Every time you criticize someone, you condemn yourself.  It takes one to know one.”  Rm 2:1b (MSG)  This has me written…

Yes of course Thanksgiving is coming up this week (later than usual!).  As yes it’s time to be thankful. But how thankful are we? I know I have not been as grateful for things as I have been in the past.  I take so many things for granted these days!  My family is…

“They did not require an accounting from those to whom they gave the money to pay the workers, because they acted with complete honesty.”  2 Kings 12:15  Wouldn’t it be amazing if we never had to recount our change, or check the receipt to make sure we weren’t overcharged for…

I was in a meeting last week and there were a lot of questions that arose regarding several different loan programs.  One of my colleagues in particular kept speaking up and answering any of the questions that were mentioned.   And he kept speaking up. And answering. And he kept speaking up.  And answering. Now collaboration…

I was struggling last week and Psalms 62 came to my mind (I don’t know why but it did). So I read it every day. This verse in particular stuck out: “Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.”…

A good friend of mine lost his job recently.  Obviously I know how this feels as I have been down this road twice in the last several years.  He is very skilled at his profession, very well spoken, always on top of his game, but as many of us have…

“…Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light. It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.” John 11:9-10 We use the light to walk because it is very helpful in preventing us from stumbling, right? But…

I get a little fired up over things sometimes. I have calmed down some over the years. But in many cases I have not. When it comes to something being unjust for example, this is a trigger point for me and I am very prone to say something to try and get it…

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy: I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”   John 10:10 (NIV) Watch out for the thief this week!   He comes in many different forms… and we don’t always recognize them!