Hang On and Move Forward

Do you ever feel buffeted on all sides by problems, responsibilities, and unexpected urgent demands on your time? The last two weeks have been a whirlwind of activity as fast-moving and turbulent as the twister that churned its way across our town. Multiple scenarios of this can’t happen until that does, and that can’t be […]

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Guarding Against Deception

When I was a young child, during a season of heavy rain, the large creek behind our house, overflowed its banks. I remember my father placing a stake in the backyard to mark the edge of the water. Then, several times a day, he marked the water level on the stake. Eventually, the water level […]

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Overcoming Negative Cheerleaders

When I was a child, we attended the high school football games where my father was once a football star. Not only did we have season tickets for the home games, we traveled to all the away games as well. I didn’t really understand the game so my attention was often drawn to the cheerleaders. […]

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