This week was filled  with activity for me outside of work. Lunch meetings with friends from the past, a breakfast meeting with a new friend, a men’s group meeting, dinner with my neighbor, swimming with my family, skatepark time with my son, and hanging out with friends that came over to…

“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Prov 17:22 (ESV) What did you see this week that you haven’t seen before?   I saw the moon light up the sky. I saw the sunset change the clouds into a colorful array that made…

We recently had some vacation time where we spent a week in Central Florida with my wife’s parents.  This is ALWAYS a great time, because her Mom and Dad not only live in the Sunshine State, but they also have a pool that is heated, and screened in. We usually…

I attended a Leadership conference last Friday called Leadercast and came away with some very good insights.  One that sticks in my mind right now is from Laura Bush, the former first lady, that I remember from the interview at the event. She talked about how her husband, George W….

I recently attended a movie screening for the upcoming movie that is being released on March 21st entitled God’s Not Dead. It is the story of a college freshman who finds his faith challenged on his first day of Philosophy class by his dogmatic and argumentative professor – a man…

Recently a colleague and I disagreed on something at work.  I was trying to look at the perspective of everyone involved, while my colleague did not have the same perspective.  This was mostly due to the fact that they had missed several of the meetings I had attended to gain…

We spent a great day yesterday on a road trip to Atlanta.  We went to a cousin’s house and the kids got to hang out and play; then we went to the cousin’s birthday party that afternoon; met my brother in law for dinner that evening; then drove home late…

No matter what team you were routing for in Super Bowl XLVIII (or you were like me and didn’t really have an alliance but wanted to see a good game), the game that was just played was a great example of two teams playing at the highest level. The only problem…

How many times did I pray this week, and ask God to help me with something?  How many times did I tell someone I was going to do something and then I did it?  How many times did I start something and then I didn’t finish it? Or not. Or…

Do you know where the most powerful source of confidence comes from? Do you think it comes from accomplishing things? Believing in yourself? Taking action? Yes, those things are definitely very helpful.  But they really don’t completely do it.   You’d think confidence comes from believing in yourself or your…