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Coaching
Coaching
It’s hard to miss the hype around Stephen Strasburg, the Washington Nationals rookie pitcher. He is already touted as one of the best pitchers in the major leagues after making only two starts. His coach at San Diego State University did a great job of taking an overweight kid with natural talent and challenging him [...]
Mental And Spiritual Renewal
Mental And Spiritual Renewal
How much do you read? And, what do you read when you make time to read?
I recently heard a speaker say that most Americans read less than one book a year. I asked a few of folks about this, and with a couple of exceptions, they confirmed the speaker’s statement.
We are told [...]
Core Values
Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man and in high favor with his master, because by him the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man, though a mighty warrior, suffered from leprosy. Now the Arameans on one of their raids had taken a young girl captive from the land of [...]
What’s On The Inside
What’s on the Inside
The view out the front of the hotel was so beautiful it barely seemed real; more like a screen saver one friend said. Cheyenne Mountain right over there…Pike’s Peak a little farther off… breath taking… awe inspiring…black and white proof that the world we live in could never have been just some [...]
Listen
Years ago when my daughter Holly was very young an event occurred which I cannot forget. I was sitting on a sofa reading a book. It was approaching night time and Holly came into the room dressed in her p.j.’s. She climbed up on the sofa and put her head in my lap and stretched out. [...]
Extreme Jesus
At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. Yet today, [...]
An Esther Moment
An Esther Moment
The Bible is filled with unlikely heroes. God loves to use the simple, common person to accomplish his plans. One such hero was Esther. A young woman living in captivity in Persia, she suddenly found herself tapped as King Xerxes’ new queen. Soon after, a sinister plot was hatched to kill all of [...]
Relationships
I recently read the book, The Four Things That Matter Most, by Ira Byock, MD. This is a very practical book on human relationships. Some have identified the work as a resource for those who are experiencing death and dying. In my opinion, it is a text for life. Each of us would benefit from [...]
A New Creation
“So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!” 2 Corinthians 5:17
A New Creation
When I read this verse in Sunday school many years ago, it was translated differently. It read, Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Two [...]
Vestige
Vestige
About a month ago, we received a letter from a partner organization notifying us they were invoking the exit provision in an agreement. Financial pressures are affecting nearly everyone in our area. So while we were disappointed I can’t say we were surprised by the news. The letter talked about wrapping up “the last vestige [...]
