If you’ve ever played a sport with a ball and an accompanying striking instrument, such as a bat, club, or raquet, then you most likely know the feeling of connecting right in the sweet spot.  It’s a feeling of purity where a perfect transfer of energy from the striking instrument to the ball is such [...]

Words have power. Imagine yourself, for a moment, sitting in the midst of a group of people.  This can be a larger group where you might know most, some, or none of the surrounding crowd, kind of like a church.  Or, this could be a smaller group setting, maybe ten to fifteen people, most of [...]

I visited a church this past Sunday that is having a revival this whole week.  Sunday’s “sermon” was a message spoken basically to introduce the purpose of the revival, a motivational speech, of sorts, designed to get unsaved people to the church building during the week of revival.  During the message, the “speaker” said something [...]

Oddly, I forgot to write a post today.  It’s now 10:20 on Friday night, and I just realized I hadn’t written or posted anything.  I’m not sure how this slipped my mind, but it did.  I can only assume it was my letting life busyness get in the way. Regardless, I have decided to write [...]

I’ve been in the sales industry since 1997.  My version of sales has always been in the way of mortgages, so mostly, I have sold a service rather than a tangible product.  Due to the crumbling of the mortgage industry, I have become greatly disillusioned with selling mortgages…for a number of reasons…so recently, I’ve gotten [...]

Last Sunday, the pastor at the church that my family and I visited made a statement during his sermon that I thought was profound, powerful, and insightful, while also feeling quite indicting to me.  He said, “I hope to not treat you as if you lack what it takes to be a fully functioning member [...]

Here is what I want you to do today… Find someone in need and meet that need, whatever it may be, whether it be emotional, physical, spiritual, financial, etc.  Wherever that someone is in life, meet them there and love them.  Love them like Christ loved the woman at the well or the Good Samaritan [...]

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27) The Bible tells us that we were created in God’s image.  I was thinking about this recently, wondering what it meant, so I did some research.  I read a few commentaries, [...]

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, [...]

What do our spouses owe us?  To what obligations did they commit when they said, “I do?”  What expectations can we have of them? I’d guess that faithfulness and fidelity would be at or near the top of most of our lists.  I suspect honor and love would be up there as well.  What about [...]