I was reading about a college professor named Virginia Owens who teaches English at one of the large universities in Texas. In one of her classes she gave her students an unusual assignment. She had them read Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount that is found in Mathew 5,6, and 7. She was curious to see […] Read more

Recently, I was working on a eulogy for a funeral and I stumbled upon some old notes. I am not sure where they came from but I found them to be very enlightening. Did you know we will all live in three separate worlds? The first world, which we have already lived in is our […] Read more

Robert Rubin was a top executive at Goldman Sachs and former Secretary of the Treasury during the Clinton Administration. I recently was reading about Rubin and an event that completely transformed his life. He reveals that in his early years at Goldman Sachs he was, essentially, a jerk. He admits that he was “short with […] Read more

Every quarter I like to share quotes that I have encountered in my reading and research that have been meaningful to me. I call them “Nuggets of Wisdom.”   “Our lives change when our habits change. Resistance hates good, strong, positive habits in your life.” —MATHEW KELLY   “Envy makes contentment impossible. By its very nature, […] Read more

I find that as we enter a new year, we all have good intentions about the future. The problem is that good intentions often are inconsistent with our behavior. They are good thoughts that are not backed with actions. As John Maxwell says, there is a major difference between good intentions and intentional living. Over […] Read more

I find that as we enter a new year, we all have good intentions about the future. The problem is that good intentions often are inconsistent with our behavior. They are good thoughts that are not backed with actions. As John Maxwell says, there is a major difference between good intentions and intentional living. Over […] Read more

In last weeks Christmas blog I wrote about the purpose of Christ coming into the world. As the angel told Joseph, “…He will save His people from their sins.” We also considered the word “rescue” which the Apostle Paul liked to use. It also strikes me that Christ came into the world to save us […] Read more

In this blog, that I originally wrote in 2017, I share one of my favorite stories that illustrates the ultimate reason Jesus came into the world. In Mathew 1:18-21, we read where Joseph has learned that Mary is pregnant and he is not the father. We are told that he “not wanting to disgrace her, […] Read more

In this blog, that I originally wrote in 2017, I share one of my favorite stories that illustrates the ultimate reason Jesus came into the world. In Mathew 1:18-21, we read where Joseph has learned that Mary is pregnant and he is not the father. We are told that he “not wanting to disgrace her, […] Read more

Yesterday I was interviewed as a guest on the Michael Easley podcast. At one point we talked about Jesus and the paradoxical nature of his influence on the world. Think about what the great secular historian H.G. Wells said about Jesus’s influence. “Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all of human history.” […] Read more