YOU DO REALIZE YOU ARE NOT ALONE OR FORGOTTEN, DON’T YOU? It may seem we are. We sometimes feel we are. Circumstances may appear to point to this. But, the truth is, we are never alone, never forgotten. I get
CHANGE YOURSELF There is not much you can change in this world. Not much within your control, actually. Even this quote doesn’t quit speak the truth. Some things in life we simply can’t change, no matter how hard we try.
WIDE GATES AND NARROW GATES Do you know the difference. The wide gate is easy to get through. Many people are going through it. The narrow gate is more difficult. Not many choose the narrow gate. But, this text in
ONE LINK AT A TIME Wise counsel, Churchill. For him and others in the 1930s and 1940s it was one link at a time, never giving up, but not getting too far ahead of themselves either. And eventually, they accomplished
WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT? The first step is to decide what you really want. Not necessarily what your parents wanted for you. Not what the culture around you wants for you. What do you want? You. As I come
IS LIFE BECOMING MORE BEAUTIFUL TO YOU It may not be. Your circumstances, your situation may be one of darkness and disharmony and pain and wrong. It may be anything but beautiful. Over the years, I have walked alongside hundreds
FIRST DAY OF SUMMER Yesterday was the first day of Summer, the longest day of the year. Most of the nation thought summer had already come weeks ago as things heated up around them, as school was let out, as
A FATHER FILLED WITH COMPASSION Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. And to all who have been like a father to so many. I am realizing that, as in the parable that Jesus tells in Luke 15
JUNETEENTH I didn’t learn about Juneteenth until the summer of 1983. I arrived at a training site in Arkansas. The units were primarily from Texas. Just as soon as I was dropped off by the helicopter into the training area
TWO TRAGEDIES IN LIFE It doesn’t quite make sense at first, but still is true. Sometimes getting what we desire is the best thing in the world, but sometimes it is the worst. Sometimes not getting what we desire is