Before You Make Next Year’s Resolutions, Remember This Year’s Blessings – Life Tip of the Week

As I contemplate the coming new year, I am reminded to review the happenings of the past year. The words of an old hymn come to mind… Count your blessings, name them one by one, […]

How to Teach Your Kids Not to Be Greedy — Parenting Tip of the Week

One of the things that attracted me to my wife, Julie (besides her radiant beauty and emerald, green eyes) was her stewardship! What you say? When we met, she was going to college and waiting tables. […]

How to Avoid the “Holiday Fight”

Disclaimer: I have (to borrow an expression from the South) “acted the fool” in my own life, so I do not speak from moral high ground, just personal experience and what I glean from Words […]

Parenting Tip – Want More Peace at Bedtime?

Can’t Get Your Kids to Settle Down at Bedtime and Sleep? Ever wished you could just flip a switch and turn your kids off at bed time? Does putting your kids to bed exhaust you? […]

Stop Teaching Your Child To Disobey – Parenting Tip of the Day

I am no parenting expert nor am I perfect. I come from good parents who were not perfect, either. However, I married very well and my wife, Julie, has been a great inspiration and influence on […]

Three Wise Decisions Leaders Must Make

This post could also be called “Three Wise Decisions a Foolish Leader Can-and-Need-to-but-Probably-Will-Never Make.” The Bible makes a very sharp distinction between wisdom and foolishness. It is a joy to others when you lead wisely. […]

Faithful When the Road Darkens

Where in your life is your understanding unclear? Are there circumstances, situations and outcomes that simply don’t make sense? For the business leader, parent, employee or student there is and always will be a certain […]

What’s Wrong with Chasing?

What are you chasing? Why are you chasing it?  Remember being chased or chasing someone on the playground? Maybe you had a secret crush that developed into “boys chase the girls” at recess?  There was […]

8 Things to Pray for Your Kids (and for yourself as well)

Raising children is difficult and often overwhelming. Raising children to follow Christ in today’s culture seems practically impossible. Your children are impressionable. The world will seek to impress upon them its values and standards. However, your prayers and […]

What the Great Leaders Rarely Miss On

Decisions. Pure and simple. One of the hardest things in life to execute is to make a perfect decision. It’s almost impossible. Stop trying. Make good decisions. Make right decisions. Do this and people will […]