Although many people have a fear of public speaking, I don’t know of anyone who, at one time or another did not fear their mortality. Fear invades our lives in the form of simple anxieties or complex phobias causing complete debilitation. I have observed “scrambled eggs on the ceiling” fear during white knuckle transatlantic flights as well as horror in a young Marine’s eyes who has just received his next orders. Unfortunately, the reason so many people are paralyzed by…
Over the years, I have watched my wife invest her whole heart into you, her children. Though I am sure there were times when you did not desire or appreciate her “investment,” I assure you she felt she was making a decision that would be to your long term benefit. I can recall more events than I have time to recount that left no doubt of her singleminded focus on caring for you or one of your siblings. Your needs…
As he was growing up, my son Matthew made a conscious and prayerful decision to avoid the dating process. He made it through a good portion of his sophmore year in college before he was smitten. During the ensuing time we have had multiple conversations about relationships and many of the issues that seem to accompany this phenomenom. I watched as he struggled with the natural and inborn passion that accompanies falling in love. What really impressed me was one…
On March 17 I got up on my soap box and gave you some life direction for applying the four motivational emotions properly. Although I may not be the very best source of life information, I have lived long enough to make more mistakes than you have. I have anywhere from a 21 to 49 year head start on you guys and gals in the infamous categories of ignorance, arrogance, stupidity, as well as various and assorted blunders. That makes…
The other day I was reading this passage in Mark 9:17–18: “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not.” After reading the story several times, I began to marvel at our generation’s ignorance. If you asked…
There aren’t many people today who don’t know the name Albert Einstein. Well it was today in 1905 that he revealed his theory of relativity which earned him a place in our history books. However, I have always been more fascinated with the things he said than his theory — probably because of my simple mind! They seem to make so much sense that I wonder why the thoughts and concepts are not on everyone’s minds. They are so fundamentally…