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They Grow Up Fast I spoke to a stranger at the restaurant where I had lunch today. Seated in a corner booth, he was about 30 and had his newborn daughter with him in a baby carrier. Going out in public with an infant gives everyone else license to speak to you... ( added 74 days 21 hours ago.)

I'm Not Dead Yet! One of my favorite scenes from the 1975 comedy, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, depicted a medieval village during a terrible plague. A man is leading a cart down the narrow street loaded with corpses and yelling out "bring out your dead". ... ( added 160 days ago.)

Bringing Prayer to Life: Praying For Others There are a lot of hurting people these days. Financial pressures, marital problems, illness. As part of a community of people who believe in God, it's common for someone to ask that you pray for them or their situation. How should we pray on... ( added 184 days 23 hours ago.)

The Little Red-Haired Girl Cries: A Story of Forgiveness The lights are out. The house is quiet. Mom and Dad are asleep. And the little red-haired girl cries. Another school year is almost over. Another year of teasing? No, teasing is something friends do to each other. Torment. Yes this has been one... ( added 202 days 3 hours ago.)

Great Is Thy Faithfulness Great is Thy Faithfulness was the hymn we were singing. I was in the congregation, third row middle. As we sang, I began to pan the faces of the choir and think. Is God really faithful? There in the soprano section, Mary and Elaine are both recent... ( added 1 year 97 days ago.)

Send In The Hornet Reading through a chapter in the Old Testament book of Joshua, I ran across an odd verse that caught my attention. In chapter 24, Joshua was addressing all the tribes of Israel . He was recounting God's goodness and provision through several... ( added 1 year 119 days ago.)

Are You A Senior? It was lunch time and I was racing from one office to another to interview a sales candidate. As I drove, I scoured the businesses along the route for a restaurant. With less than thirty minutes, it had to be someplace quick. There! I spotted a... ( added 1 year 139 days ago.)

Vindication: Good Movies, Bad Gospel I love vindication, don't you? A driver nearly runs you off the road as he speeds past. A few miles down the road you see a cop writing him a speeding ticket. Vindication. Someone embarrasses you in a meeting in an effort to elevate his position.... ( added 1 year 186 days ago.)

Winning the War on Roaches The cul-de-sac was overrun with roaches. Our home, positioned at the end of the street, was clearly in the best position to take action. In fact, as the largest home on the block, the other residents undoubtedly looked to us to solve the problem... ( added 1 year 219 days ago.)

Become Your Own Sales Coach Dave Stockton was among the top professional golfers in the 1970s. He won 10 PGA tour events, including two majors. The year before he joined the Senior Tour, Stockton was the guest speaker at our company's customer golf tournament at Camelback... ( added 1 year 298 days ago.)

Vignettes of a Model Mom "You need to straddle the bag, your left foot aimed at second and your right foot toward home plate. Then you take the throw from the catcher and apply the tag. Simple!" Having arrived home from baseball practice, an excited nine year old boy... ( added 1 year 332 days ago.)

IHOP Logic: Homeless by Choice? On a recent Sunday afternoon, I sat with two of my friends in a booth at the International House of Pancakes. All week I had looked forward to seeing them. Two weeks earlier I heard a presentation about Dallas Life Foundation and was excitedly... ( added 1 year 360 days ago.)

Judgmental Christian: An Oxymoron Sometimes I think more people would follow Jesus if it weren't for Christians. The reason is that people make up their mind about Christ, based on what they see in those that bear his name. Consider the following example. On a recent Sunday... ( added 2 years 32 days ago.)

From Funk 49 to Emo Screamo I stopped listening to new music around 1979 when I graduated from college. I hated disco in the 80s and the hair bands seemed more interested in spandex than music. I was stuck in the 70s listening to artists like The Allman Brothers, Led... ( added 2 years 48 days ago.)

Pierced Ears Delight God When is a slave no longer a slave? He is no longer a slave when he has the option to leave his master. It doesn’t matter what he chooses. The very introduction of a choice completely alters the relationship of master and slave. He may remain and... ( added 2 years 75 days ago.)

Perfect Gifts and the World's Best Tea When our family lived in Birmingham , Alabama , my favorite burger joint was a place called Milos. The menu at Milos consisted of the following: Hamburger, Cheeseburger and Fries. Thats it. The burgers all came with a delicious barbeque sauce.... ( added 2 years 86 days ago.)

Running in the Rain in Your Whitey Tighties! I became a runner fifteen years ago during a sales meeting in Sacramento . We announced a short break and I was moving toward the cookie tray at the back of the room. Just as I was about to reach for a large chocolate cookie, one of my sales... ( added 2 years 105 days ago.)

Global Warming: It's not cool to be warm I don’t know what to believe about global warming. Let me say that I don’t work for an oil company or drive an SUV, so I don’t feel the need to discount evidence of climate change. And I don’t hate capitalists or wish to punish corporations with... ( added 2 years 122 days ago.)

Homeless Profiles: Who Are They and Why Are They Homeless? Have you ever encountered a homeless person and wondered how they ended up in such a condition? Most people have an opinion, usually a sweeping generalization based on one or two anecdotes; “They are all winos or drug addicts." “They’re mentally... ( added 2 years 122 days ago.)

The Law of Attraction in Action The law of attraction is real and it works. Here are two examples of how people got what they wanted by focusing their energy. On a hot Dallas afternoon recently, I saw an example of how the law of attraction can play out in everyday life. I was... ( added 2 years 144 days ago.)

Witness to a Stoning Father forgive them. They do not know what they are doing. Those were some of Jesus last words as he was being executed. What an example of grace and forgiveness. Its amazing to me that a man could offer forgiveness to the very people that lied... ( added 2 years 148 days ago.)

Love Over Law: Doing the Right Things For the Right Reasons In the early 1990s our family lived in the Northern California town of Antioch . During that time, my daily commute included a winding boulevard called Country Hills Lane . Country Hills was four lanes divided by a landscaped median and was the... ( added 2 years 165 days ago.)

Two Lost Sheep Found It was the Monday before Thanksgiving. I had recently heard a news report estimating that there were 6,000 homeless in Dallas. My office was in a part of town that seemed to attract a lot of street people. Over a period of several months, I... ( added 2 years 174 days ago.)

Unforgetable Moments With Dad It was late December of 1966. Three hundred students and twelve teachers lined the street in front of Huff Lane Elementary School in Roanoke , Virginia for one of the most anticipated events of the year. The first graders didn't know what to... ( added 2 years 195 days ago.)

Advocates and Collies: Illustrating the Importance of Influencers on the Sales Process The summer before my senior year in college, I took a job selling pots and pans door to door. I wanted to get some sales experience before graduation and thought this was the way to go. My target market was females who were recent high school... ( added 2 years 198 days ago.)