What event in your life has brought with it the biggest change? Perhaps it was the day you got married. Perhaps it was a great adjustment to stop living only for yourself and to become concerned first and foremost with your spouse. Read more …
October 3rd, 2006
Well, fall is officially upon us. That’s right - we’ve come through yet another summer season. It seems like just last week that the weather started getting warmer and families were planning their vacations. The fall season is a time of change. Soon enough, the leaves on the trees will start to change their colors, and the temperature will continue to drop. Change is inevitable when fall comes around. Read more …
September 18th, 2006
Christian author Max Lucado tells a story about a lady who had a pet parakeet named Chippie. Chippie didn’t know it, but he was in for a bad day.
One day his owner was vacuuming out his cage, as she always did. Unfortunately, the phone rang, and the woman turned to answer the phone, and before she realized what she’d done, she heart the sound of poor little Chippie getting sucked up into the vacuum cleaner. Read more …
August 30th, 2006
The New Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word “useful†as “capable of being put to useâ€, and “serviceable for a beneficial endâ€.
In our lives, we desire to be many things. We seek to be popular and well-liked, and to fit in with those around us. We try to make ourselves attractive and interesting. But deep down, I believe we all desire to be useful as well. Read more …
August 19th, 2006
When Harry S. Truman was thrust into the presidency at the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a man named Sam rayburn gave him some helpful advice. “from here on out you’re going to have lots of people around you,” he said. “They’ll try and put a wall around you and cut you off from any ideas but theirs. They’ll tell you what a great man you are, Harry,” and he continued, “but you and I both know you ain’t.” Read more …
July 12th, 2006
As you know, this past Sunday was Father’s Day. To celebrate the day, after church I drove home and spent the day with my own father and the rest of my family. Each time I get to see my family these days makes me realize how lucky I am to have the family that I do. For those of you that don’t know, I grew up in Mackville, Kentucky, with both of my parents and four other siblings. With cousins and other close friends never far away, I always had a big family to surround and support me. Now that I have moved away from that family, I realize just how important they are to me personally. Read more …
June 21st, 2006