We just got finished hosting our third annual yard sale in a row to raise money for our daughter’s high school dance team. 100% of the proceeds go straight to the team budget.  Everyone from the team, friends and strangers donate stuff for the sale.   We keep it at our…

“They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller than any of the others.” 1 Sam 10:23 (NIV) When Saul was made king, it was revealed that he stood head and shoulders above everyone else in the crowd. He was built…

We had some folks from our corporate home office visit us last week.  Normally, in my previous jobs, this was a big deal.  Having folks from Home Office visit was a chance for me to meet them and get to know them personally. I would also able to ask them…

“…Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.” 1 Sam 2:30b (NIV) Disdained means disparted, despised, scorned, spurned… We gotta keep the honor up or we will be in a bad place y’all!

Easter is such a wonderful time!  The reminder of how Christ is Risen and all that He did and does for us every moment of our lives… It’s immeasurable!  I can get caught up though at home and at work with how commercialized it has all become. Easter egg hunts….

 “Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.” Prov 23:9 (NIV) Some things are better left unsaid!

I go into the office at least once or twice a week.  We have a nice small suite in a three story office building just outside of Nashville in a popular “office building area” with a bunch of other folks who are in the same office building.  There are a ton…

Are we “working” while at work or thinking about other things? Look at what Nehemiah said: “Instead, I devoted myself to the work on this wall.  All my men were assembled there for the work, we did not acquire any land.” Neh 5:16 (NIV) It makes a little more sense…

I just closed a loan on Friday that was one of the most difficult ones I have done.  But it was also one of the most rewarding.  The young man I helped was renting a house and the owner’s husband recently passed away.  She decided to sell her rental house along with…

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” Phil 4:8 (ESV)  Let’s take the right “whatever” approach and make an effort to…