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Be a Turkey

My wife just about gagged when I told her I bought frozen breakfast sandwiches with “turkey sausage.” “Turkey only tastes good when it’s being turkey,” ...

Free At Last! / The Forgiveness of Sin

Free at last, my sins are forgiven! Thank God, I’m free at last … but what does this MEAN? Forgiveness of sin means I am ...

Purpose vs. Selfishness

“… intent on one purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.” –Philippians 2:2b-3 ...

Worthiness vs. Entitlement

The difference between “worthy” and “entitled” is a willingness to do the work. A worthy person believes they are qualified to receive good things, and ...

Why Speaking “Birdie” Doesn’t Work

My 5-year old daughter loves to find birds in our neighborhood and try to call them to come to her. “Tweet tweet” she says. “Tweet ...

Every New Day

Every new day is a new page, blank on one side and covered on the other with all that has come before. You cannot change ...

The Surprising Link Between Growing Your Business and Weighing Yourself

Have you ever had that moment where you stand on a scale to weigh yourself, see the numbers fluctuating, and try to *will* them to ...

What I Learned About Business From Getting Lost at DFW Airport

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, ...

The Win is in the Walking

“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 ...

What a Snake Reminded Me About Fear

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 ...

Your Past Does Not Define Your Future

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 ...

Throw Away Your Easy Button

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 ...

Great Leaders

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 ...

Two Surprising Insights from Jeff Bezos & Captain Kirk (pt. 2)

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 ...

Two Surprising Insights From Jeff Bezos & Captain Kirk (pt. 1)

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 ...

American. Heroes.

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, ...

3 Unbreakable Laws of Organic Marketing

Plenty of people talk about the power of organic marketing and how simple it can be when done correctly. But if you do it wrong… ...

How Are You Doing on the “Not Covid Test”?

A few weeks ago I got sick and wondered what everyone does these days… “Is it Covid? It turns out it wasn’t, but… I was ...

I Never Knew What My Old Watch Was Costing Me

It’s easy to assume the current way you’re working, living, and operating is just “the way things are.” Until you discover a better way. It’s ...

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What “the Toilet Paper Crisis” of 2020 Reveals About Burnout

Remember when the whole world lost their mind over toilet paper? Stores couldn’t keep it in stock. People hoarded it and treated it like gold. ...

Grace Sets You Free From Performance

Do you ever feel like you have to “perform” in the Christian life? I’ve noticed lately that when I write my personal Scripture reflections, they are often more cautionary than encouraging. (“Be careful about this; don’t do that; watch out over here!”) Why not more hopeful? Why do I reflexively …

TOPICS: encouragement, grace, legalism, performance

Be Strengthened

A prayer for you today… May you be given power today, power from the Creator who spoke the stars into being. Let Him speak into your life. May you be given strength today, strength from the God who holds the universe together. Let Him hold up your heart. May you …

TOPICS: Colossians 1, encouragement, prayer, strength

Preemptive Praise

If a person or plan fails miserably, congratulations are rather unwarranted. Why is it, though, that God often treats us just the opposite? …

TOPICS: confidence, encouragement, Gideon, Judges, perspective, praise

Scripture Notes: Exodus 14 (pt.1)

In times of trouble, take heart. It may be that the reason you are faced with great opposition is that God is gearing up for a great deliverance on the other side! In the midst of this, be careful to not assume that God’s primary goal is your happiness. His …

TOPICS: deliverance, encouragement, Exodus, faith, glory, provision

Amazed or amused?

Words are my favorite toys. I love to play with them, to alter and rearrange them; to find creative ways to use them to produce or discover something interesting. Sometimes it doesn’t take that much. Consider the change two little letters (or just one if you’re a bad speller) makes …

TOPICS: amazed, amused, church, encouragement, Luke, Matthew, perspective

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