Have you ever heard someone say, “It’s all good!”? This usually happens if you accidentally bump into someone and say, “I’m sorry.” You may hear someone say, “It’s all good.” I believe it is possible to have this outlook on life. If we truly believe the following scripture…. Romans 8:28 […]
How’s Your Vision?
Years ago when Starla and I were taking our kids to the optometrist for their annual eye exam, the doctor called us in and gave us his report on our daughter Summer Star. She was about 11 or 12 years old at the time. He explained to us that either […]
Are You Ready for Promotion?
The word of the day is promotion. Everyone wants a promotion. But not everyone wants added responsibility. But with most any promotion comes added responsibility. I heard of an employee who approached his boss about a promotion. The boss asked him, “What additional responsibilities are you willing to take on […]
Hope Changes Everything!
From Parade magazine comes the story of self-made millionaire Eugene Land, who greatly changed the lives of a sixth-grade class in East Harlem. Mr. Lang had been asked to speak to a class of 59 sixth-graders. What could he say to inspire these students, most of whom would drop out […]
Heaven is for Real!
I recently read where a company called, “Afterlife Telegrams” offers to deliver messages to the dead for a price of $10 a word (with a five-word minimum) by way of terminally ill patients who promise to deliver the messages upon “passing into the afterlife.” In the fine print of the […]
Help me, God!
I was 14 years old. My family was vacationing in Athens, Greece. We were traveling in the very busy city by bus. On this particular day I remember hearing my parents say, as we stood at the bus stop, that we were looking for bus number 2. That’s all I […]
Are You Listening?
I recently read about the results of a study that reported how noise affects human behavior. In one experiment carried out by psychologists, a student leaving a library intentionally dropped an armload of books. In 50% of the cases, a passerby stopped to help the student pick up the books. […]
Move Forward!
Years ago when Starla and I were Pastoring in Houston, I would often go downtown on Saturday and invite the homeless to ride our bus on Sunday to church. I remember talking to man whose street name was “Redman.” I asked him to ride the bus to church, he […]
Be Free!
A little boy visiting his grandparents was given his first slingshot. He practiced in the woods, but he could never hit his target. As he came back to Grandma’s backyard, he spied her pet duck. On an impulse he took aim and let fly. The stone hit, and the duck […]
Second Chances!
My son Kolt was fifteen years old and learning how to drive. While practicing driving in my car, he unfortunately was distracted and ran into the rear end of a heavy duty bumper on a Ford pick-up truck. The truck won that war. There was absolutely no damage to the […]