Our busy lives really do challenge us in keeping our priorities in the right order, don’t they? We moderns are a complicated mishmash of schedules, opportunities, affluence, and “freedom.” And…
The great, ancient philosopher Lao Tzu said "Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power." And I would, arrogantly, add…
"This world is not my home. I'm just a'passing through. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. The angels beckon me from heaven's open door. And I can't…
I know, I know, it doesn't make sense right off the bat. But it really is true; God wants to GIVE you everything He has! AND, you're going to have…
The old saying is "It is easier to avoid temptation than to resist it." And while that may be true, our real lives have shown is that we will most…
I never will forget the moment in college when I was confronted with the question "how do you know?" It was in an undergraduate philosophy class and I had actually…
OK, I'm afraid of closed in places. I think it's called "claustrophobia." The first time I remember discovering this uneasy feeling was when I was a boy and we were…
My teenage daughter and I have some great conversations in the mornings when I take her to school. Recently, we talked about the importance of a foundation for our thinking…
We are a death-denying culture. In the US, the Funeral business is a $20 Billion industry employing over 13,000 people nationwide! And, in 2016 we crossed that line where over…