Category: From the Heart!
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Commitment is a choice…
There have been several popular online dating services advertising specifically to people who are married or in a committed relationship. Their slogans were all similar saying something like, ‘Life is short. Have an affair.’ During the height of the COVID pandemic, these companies we adding upwards of 17,000 new members a day. There have been…
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Let it Rain…
Having been a worship leader for many years, it’s no surprise that I love worship music. There’s simply nothing like taking a group of people by the hand and leading them into the presence of God through singing. I especially loved leading worship for teen groups. Over the years I formed several teen bands that…
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Wisdom, Money & Reverse Mortgages.
Over the last year I discovered that I love writing. It took me 3 years to write my first book, “Living Life by Design”. It only took me 3 weeks to write two companion workbooks. My third book, “How to…Fire Your Mortgage Payment with a reverse mortgage” took me two weeks. In my last book…
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“Hello Mate!”
When I was on the professional tennis circuit back in the early 1980’s, I had the privilege of traveling with a group of Australian players. None of them did mornings. Often I would see them with a bleak, pained look in the locker room. However, when I saw them in a match or on the…
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Fierce anger, to joy, to legacy…
My latter years of high school and early years of college were tremulous, to say the least. I was mean, hateful and didn’t care what anyone else thought. On Friday nights, my best friend Bill (who was a bodyguard for the leader of a national hate group) and I would drive around looking for a…
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Look into my eyes…
People who know me often say, “You’ve never worked a real job a day in you life.” That, of course, is not true. I worked at a small convenience store for 3 months while in college. I hated it…lol. That’s the only 8-5 job I’ve ever had. The rest of my working career has been…
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What’s that smell?
I was the NYI (Nazarene Youth International) President at my church. We didn’t yet have a youth pastor so it was my responsibility to corral the teen group. When the church started interviewing for a youth pastor position, I was thrilled. Although I enjoyed being with the teens, I didn’t know what I was doing.…
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2+2=5 and sometimes 9 & 3/4
The older I get the more concerned I get for both my children and my grandchildren. The foundation on which this country was built is crumbling before my eyes. We no longer have a moral compass. If someone stands up and proclaims 2+2=5 and sometimes can be 9 & 3/4, we are EXPECTED to believe it…
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Confessions of a Chapel Pastor…
One of the most frightening yet rewarding things I’ve ever done was being the chapel pastor for a Christian school. I’ll never forget the first chapel I led. It was a Friday morning and a hundred plus Junior High & High School students came sombering into the sanctuary. It was more than obvious they did not want…
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Coincidence…
Growing up, I had a very close relationship with my grandmother whom I called, Mammaw. She was closer to me than either my mother or father. When I was around 13 my mom told me that Mammaw had fallen while sweeping her patio and broke her leg. I started to cry and immediately began to…
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