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How to Live a No Excuse Life

April 27, 2015 2 Comments
How to Live a No Excuse Life

“When you are interested in doing something, you do it only when it is convenient. When you are committed to something you accept no excuses.” – Ken Blanchard  Our daily lives are so full of noise and distractions. A lot of that noise is just the stuff of life. We need to work, pay bills, […]

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On Track – A Book Review

April 16, 2015 5 Comments
On Track – A Book Review

I am a very heavy blog reader (all bloggers should be). I have over one hundred blogs in my feedly reader. Of course most only get a quick scan; however, there are a few bloggers that I try not to miss. Jon Stolpe is one of those bloggers. A while back I was one of […]

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What is in Your Hand?

April 13, 2015 2 Comments
What is in Your Hand?

 Several months ago on John Michael Morgan’s blog he proposed the question “Is your Excuse worth your success?” This is a very important question for anyone.  “Until you accept the fact that your current circumstances can be changed by you, don’t expect things to change. “ – John Michael Morgan  I used to be the […]

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Called to be Available

March 9, 2015 0 Comments
Called to be Available

Several weeks ago I read a post by Brad Waggoner over at Thom Rainer’s blog. Brad talks about leading when you are in a support role. He made the statement that we are “called to be available.” It may not be what we feel is our eventual calling but we must be available to Jesus […]

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Make Your Greatest Discovery Today

March 2, 2015 2 Comments
Make Your Greatest Discovery Today

“One of the great discoveries of man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.” – Henry Ford, quoted by John Maxwell in Mentoring 101 The greatest limiters in life are the doubts we have about our self. (Click to Tweet) We think of […]

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The Invitation to Pray

February 23, 2015 3 Comments
The Invitation to Pray

“But we must see the expectation to pray not only as a divine summons, but also a royal invitation.” – Donald S. Whitney, The Spiritual Disciplines   One of the things that is so wonderful about the Christian Faith is that we are able to go before God in prayer, and He promises us through […]

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Wear Your Dream

October 20, 2014 4 Comments
Wear Your Dream

“Dare to Dream: Have the desire to do something bigger than yourself. Prepare the dream: Do your homework; be ready when the opportunity comes. Wear the dream: Do it. Share the dream: Make others a part of the dream, and it will become even greater than you had hoped.” – Florence Littauer  Life is filled […]

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Why I Love Mondays

October 13, 2014 8 Comments
Why I Love Mondays

‘In the morning when you awake and behold the light, consider that you behold a fresh manifestation of the lovely glory of God.’ – Jonathan Edwards   Happy Monday! By the time this posts I will be on the road heading to work in downtown Atlanta. While my computer boots up I will head off […]

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How to Not Live Like Skim Milk

November 4, 2013 13 Comments
How to Not Live Like Skim Milk

“We talk cream, but we live skim milk.” – Dwight Moody   Several years ago my wife Janice and I were delivering some food and praying with the residents of a low income housing complex. One of the lady’s we regularly visited would squeal like a little girl when we showed up with fresh fruit, something she […]

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Birthing Something New is Always Messy

September 23, 2013 7 Comments
Birthing Something New is Always Messy

The hospital room may be spotless and sterile, but birth itself will always take place amid chaos, pain, and blood. —Steven Pressfield I will never forget the birth of my three children. They were wonderful events but to the natural eye they were a messy event.   Chris was my first born. Janice and I were […]

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