I have learned many different things in my lifetime that have helped me greatly, but perhaps nothing has helped me more than understanding the difference between those things that are IMPORTANT compared to those things that are URGENT. Have you…
A while back, my wife and I were driving home late one Saturday afternoon around sunset. As we were driving down a long country road, she said, “Look at all of the smoke coming out of that house! I think…
Early one morning, I pulled into a drive-thru restaurant to get my morning coffee and breakfast. I placed my order and was told, “Please pull around to the first window.” I started to pull around so I could pay at…
One of the greatest concepts I have ever learned is that my problems are meant to help me, not to hurt me. My own unique set of challenges and problems, are just that…mine. And, yours belong to you. If it…
Recently I was cleaning up my office and going through some of my old college notes. My doctoral minor is in Psychology and Counseling. At one point I thought about becoming a psychologist, but it involved many hours of practicums…
All of us are familiar with the concept of a sandwich - two slices of bread with something in between. It is not complicated. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to make one, or to eat one. I love sandwiches!…
All of us have been supervised at one time or another. When we were small, we needed our parents to give us supervision and direction in life. As we grew up we had teachers and coaches to guide us and…
Many of you have probably heard of Dr. Charles F. Stanley. He is the Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and has been for fifty years. It is one of the most influential mega-churches in America.…
Years ago, I read two books that greatly influenced my life. Both of them were written by the same author, Scott Peck, M.D. The first book was called The Road Less Traveled, which sold over five million copies. The second…
I played football in high school and college. Some of my teammates were incredible athletes and others were…well, not so hot. I suppose I fell somewhere in-between the two groups. I learned much from being involved in athletics, especially from…