The Notebook

Just last week preparing to teach church planters on the subject of prayer, I opened a journal I had used several years ago and out fell a ten dollar bill. I found money I didn’t know I had! Maybe you have had the same experience by finding money in a coat or a drawer. There […]...

Green Acres is the place to be, farm living is the life for me. Remember that jingle from the TV series Green Acres? No? Google it. If you do, then you know this was cheesy sitcom about a city slicker and his wife who gave up the city to live on a farm and the […]...

The greatest failures in life are often followed by the greatest successes. In 1972 there was the story of the plane that crashed in the Andes mountains. The people survived for two long months by becoming cannibals in order to stay alive, they began to eat each other as the people died in the plane...

I admit it, I am a Batman junkie. It all started when I was five or six years old and got a pedal driven Bat-mobile to pedal around the yard with. Of course I was hooked on watching Batman (aka Bruce Wayne) and the boy wonder, Robin (aka Dick Grayson) and all the crazy villains […]...

I will be launching my new ebook for FREE –  ”Your Blank Page: Crafting Your Personal Vision Statement” Midnight Tuesday May 2oth in EXCHANGE for YOUR honest REVIEWS. Heres the Amazon link – YOUR BLANK PAGE However, after that date, I will be only sending invites to subscribers of...

Let’s be honest, everyone has different values they believe to be correct and true. What I am going to address is your core values – the things that define what we believe and hold dear to our hearts. These are the values that not only define what we believe, but also define who we are […...

Have you ever heard any of these statements?: “Religion is for weak people” or “God is a crutch for spineless wimps” or “Christianity is for cowards.”Whenever I hear that I laugh. The absurdity of that statement. It is ludicrous. It is a statement of ignorance. The fact is it takes enorm...

Yesterday I wrote about what happens when we lose our passion and promised that today I would share some passion killers and how to get past them. You’ve fallen prey to one of the passion killers of life. I want you to use this as a checklist and ask, “Why have I got the blahs? […]...

In America, we are passionate about sports. We are passionate about movies we watch. We are passionate about fashion, the clothes we wear. We are passionate about certain kinds of cars. We are passionate about restaurants—some of us more than others. The amazing thing in our culture is it’s ok, ...

In other words, who or what am I going to live for? That’s the starting point. Obviously there are a lot of options. You can center your life around a career. You can center your life around a sport. You can center your life around a hobby. You can center your life around making money. [&helli...