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How to Feel Secure — Is it Possible?
Security has become a common word especially in the digital age. Everyone wants to know how to feel secure. In fact, on the back of every credit or debit card is a security code. Yet someone else is able to pick our pocket so to speak, and fraudulently use our secure card. So much for […]
Continue readingWhen Dreams Die
In the NFL about this time of year, dreams die. That is, another team loses and is knocked out of the playoff race. Their dream of making it into the playoffs and hopefully getting to the Super Bowl can vanish in a weekend. However, does that mean that the dream really died? Not at all. […]
Continue readingSocial Media Makes Even the Great Ones Insecure
Our phones and social media have transformed the way we communicate, connect, receive the news, and stay in touch. In short, we cannot be separated from our phones anymore. Just two decades ago if you wanted to meet someone for lunch you had to plan well in advance. Not anymore. And chances are you will […]
Continue readingPerseverance for One More Season
You and I know people whose faith has failed. Perseverance can be hard. Joseph in the book of Genesis sat in a prison cell for well over a decade, but he eventually became a ruler in Egypt. In the 1600s, John Bunyan sat in a prison cell for twelve years because of his preaching, but […]
Continue readingEven the Best Can’t Win Without Help!
The NBA Playoffs are in full swing. Some are trying to predict who will be upset and who will make it to the finals. I write this after the first days of the playoffs. Many have predicted that the Cleveland Cavaliers will be in the finals. Time will tell. But you have to win to […]
Continue readingKeep It Simple
For some reason it’s a natural tendency for human beings to make easy things hard. I’m not sure why we do that, but we do. Let me illustrate. When I played football as a kid, there was never an argument over whether or not someone caught the ball. We all knew what a catch was. […]
Continue readingAn Epic Comeback
In the recent American League series funeral arrangements were being made for the N.Y. Yankees. And of course, the blame would land on the shoulders of Joe Giradi, the manager. Which meant that his days of managing the Yankees was coming to a close. After all they were down 2-0 in a five game series. […]
Continue readingPride Goes Before Destruction
One of the better known verses in the Bible is Proverbs 16:18: “Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.” Occasionally we get to see it played out right on our own TV screens. The opening night of the NFL season was at New England–last year’s winner of the Super Bowl. Fans […]
Continue readingThe Power of Others
Let’s be honest. We all need someone in our lives who believes in us. Actually it could make all the difference. John Lynch is a former NFL football player. But let’s start at the beginning of his story. Lynch went to Stanford University to play football as a quarterback. However, he never made it onto […]
Continue readingWho 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 […]
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