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Who Needs Sleep?
Sleep is a funny thing. We all need it. Yet many love to talk about how little they need. It’s as if you win some sort of medal for needing so little. Sort of like being busy. No one wants to admit a lack of busyness. Somehow needing as little as five hours of sleep […]
Continue readingAre You Selling Yourself Short?
Anyone who has ever played basketball has dreamed of dunking the ball. But for people like me, who tend to suffer from height challenges along with reduced jumping abilities, it’s out of reach. The basket, that is. But I can jump high enough to touch the bottom of the net. Granted, that’s over a foot away from […]
Continue readingOne Foolish Act
As another football season is about to begin, training camps are opening up. However, there is one star Running Back who will not be in camp. In 2014 Ray Rice was caught on video punching his wife–fiancee at the time–in an elevator. As the video went viral, the Baltimore Ravens were essentially forced to cut […]
Continue readingAre Losers Losers?
Are losers really losers? It sounds contradictory. It seems like a dilemma. In the sports world we define so many great athletes and coaches not only by wins & losses, but also by championships. Can you imagine being a football coach who takes your team to the super Bowl 4 years in a row and […]
Continue readingThe Comparison Trap Creates Losers
July 1 is a big day in sports since many NBA (National Basketball Association) players become free agents. Which means they are looking for contracts with sweet deals and lots of money. Some have landed huge contracts, including guys you have never heard of. I even mentioned to Carol that the amount of money is […]
Continue readingEven the Best Need Help
As a guy I typically don’t like to read instructions. Which means I sometimes get it wrong and sometimes it takes longer to accomplish the project. Bottom line: I needed the help the instructions provided. But the greatest help we need comes from people. (Yes, I do believe our greatest help comes from God, but […]
Continue readingSix Types of Wisdom to Pray For (3)
So far we have only introduced a couple types of wisdom. Clearly you can be wise and unwise at the same time. Which leads us to the final aspects of wisdom. In my last post I talked about planning well and persuasively presenting your plan. But that alone will not guarantee the outcome you want. […]
Continue readingSix Types of Wisdom to Pray For (2)
In my last post I introduced the subject of wisdom. Wisdom is one of those traits that can be used for good or evil. Our goal is to use wisdom to benefit ourselves, others, and even the organization or business we are associated with. We are gleaning our thoughts from 2 Samuel 17 and 18. […]
Continue reading6 Types of Wisdom to Pray For
James 1:5 (NLT) exhorts us, “If any of you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.” Most of us probably approach the subject of wisdom from only one angle. We simply want to know what to do next. Let’s call this particular […]
Continue readingYour Excuses May Be Holding You Back
Excuses. We use them all the time. Sometimes we quite frankly just don’t want to do something. Maybe some are legit, but could we be hurting ourselves, could we be holding ourselves back from reaching our full potential? We have to ask, don’t we? In the church world several scenarios tend to come up regularly. […]
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