I got lost at DFW International Airport when I was 6 years old. My father and I were there to pick up a family member, and I decided to stop at a water fountain…without telling my dad. When I looked up, he was gone. After the initial panic, I remembered
“This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.” -1 John 5:4b God has shown you the pathway to ultimate victory, a salvation that both lies beyond this world and also echoes back into your every day life with greater peace, joy, and hope. You, however, still have
On a bike ride with my family the other day, a black snake darted right across our path. Thankfully, we simply rolled on by and it slithered off into the bushes, but the encounter got me thinking of a familiar phrase: “It’s more afraid of you than you are of
There is so much sin, failure, and wrong in the lineage of Jesus recorded in Matthew 1 that you might think these people would be disqualified from being the forbearers of the Messiah. But God is ALWAYS using imperfect people to work out his perfect plans. When you see the
This is my Easy Button, a desktop toy from Staples that added flare and fun to my working environment for many years. I’m throwing it away. Here’s why. Most of my life, I’ve been a “fixer,” finding things that are broken and investing time, money and energy into bringing them
GREAT LEADERS know when to step up, and when to step down. They are ready to step in when needed, and willing to step aside when the people they serve need something and someone else. They do not seize power to fuel their own ego, nor do they hold on
A couple of weeks ago, billionaire Jeff Bezos had a really, really important conversation with a 90-year old man that could have gone really, really wrong. While the world watched, iconic “Star Trek” actor William Shatner stepped out of the Blue Origin “New Shepherd” capsule that had just taken him
Did you hear Captain Kirk finally made it to space for real? Last week, 90-year-old William Shatner not only became the oldest person ever to travel to outer space, but did so as the guest of Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos. As I watched the live video feed
On September 11, 2001, I was working at the News-Press, our local paper. Like every other American, that morning I woke to a new world, and though I didn’t know it yet, everything was about to change. I rushed to the newsroom and spent the next day and night combing
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