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How do you come to a meeting with God? Surely, there must be a protocol to follow, a ceremony, or something. You don’t just dash in and say, “Hi!” do you? Do you have to get there early to get a good seat with a notepad in hand and looking smart? First of all, you [...]

We’ve recently attended a few concerts at our church. I’m at the age where I still like the music, but I want to sit more than stand. Still, I’m always amazed at how my ears get used to the loud music and having to yell to talk to the person next to you. Afterwards, as [...]

Imagine that you have been given a great tract of land to manage to provide for your family. The biggest part of the management plan is that you make the day-to-day decisions about running operations, but you must stay in constant contact with the owner about what’s going on and you must ask him to [...]

Any man who has had a long-term relationship with a woman will understand that timing is critical. For example, there’s a difference between buying your girl flowers and buying her flowers one day after she’s complained, “You never buy me flowers.” There’s a difference between offering to take her out for dessert and offering to [...]

First images are long-lasting and, sometimes, hard to revise. In my case, the first image of prayer was of someone kneeling with head bowed and hands folded. When I went to church, we knelt on fold-down padded knee supports in front of our seats. To do this for extended periods of time was a painful [...]

A project manager, a mechanical engineer, and a software developer were in a car driving down a steep hill. Suddenly, a tire blew out the car went swerving down the hill, bouncing off the guard rails until it came to a stop at the bottom. The project manager wanted everyone in the car to help [...]

“(Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)” Numbers 12:3
The irony of such a statement is that the most humble of men wouldn’t care about being remembered this way. Moses was so close to God, so connected to Him, that Moses didn’t care what others [...]

There are days when I wonder how I became responsible for so much. Those days are when something unpleasant is happening and I’m responsible for dealing with it. I’ve had to deliver the bad news during layoffs. I’m not the one who made the decision, but I get to be the representative that carries the [...]

I would guess that most folks have had a friend or coworker who implements the martyr approach to social relations. (If this is actually you, then read closely). This is the person who will bend over backwards to do more work than they were asked to do in an effort to gain more praise or [...]

Vince Lombardi is probably the best known coach in the history of football. In fact, the Super Bowl Trophy is named after him. He was famous for teaching the fundamentals of football by starting with the line, “Gentlemen, this is a football.” This approach is the very best when a fundamentally sound football player is [...]

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