I recently heard about a speech the CEO of Chick-Fil-a gave at a college graduation. After providing key insights and encouragement, Dan Cathy told the students he was going to give them something that would change their life. Everyone waited with great anticipation. Mr. Cathy then asked the college president to stand and as he …
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Magnetic Motives
If being completely honest, I am continually tempted to charge full steam ahead under my own power, my own ability, and my own insight. The good news is, I have become more aware of this reflex tendency and work to quickly step back, take a breath and seek God first. However, I'm sure there are …
Left Behind
What are those things we truly leave behind after our time on earth has ended? I know it's a somber thought to think about dying, but as many have advised, writing our obituary can be a healthy enterprise and opportunity to glean into our hearts - to remove the clutter in our lives. To better …
What’s The Point?
Most of us have wrestled with questions of purpose and meaning at some point. For some, we may have allowed the distractions and attractions of this world to get us off track from our true purpose in life. It's easy to understand how this can happen, especially when we fail to keep Christ front and …
Cloudy “Daze”
When I travel by plane, I always enjoy the take off, especially when rising above rain clouds. For it could be cloudy and rainy one second and as soon as we burst through the clouds it's back to sunshine and blue skies. In all aspects of life, wouldn't it be great if we could rise …
For Self, Or Service
Most of us will face times where we wrestle with the option of selfishness or servitude. This is to be expected because caring for our own needs and desires is quite natural. Caring for others and seeking areas to serve others over our own needs however is unnatural, unless we are being submissive and obedient …
Prodigal Pursuits
"Then I took a good look at everything I’d done, looked at all the sweat & hard work. But when I looked, I saw nothing but smoke. Smoke & spitting into the wind. There was nothing to any of it. Nothing." These words were written thousands of years ago by King Solomon in Ecclesiastes 2:11 …
