American psychologist William James said that the art of being wise is, “the art of knowing what to overlook.” Every day we are bombarded with challenges that can derail our focus. Situations don’t go our way, unforeseen circumstances arise, and people…well, people can blindside us with attitudes, hurt, and offense. If not careful our day […]
Our culture has a fascination with zombies. By my quick calculation, I believe there to be approximately two trillion shows on about the walking dead in the last few years. I read that the first zombie to ever appear on the silver screen was in W.B. Seabrook’s The Magical Island all the way back in 1929 […]
Every season has a reason. By simply experiencing the beauty of each season, we can see the vast array of artwork God chose to use. The spring…He paints the rain and warm breezes as nature begins to come alive on the canvas. The summer…life is in full bloom with the lushness of the trees and […]
Clyde Beatty was born in Bainbridge, Ohio in 1903. When he was a teen, he left home to join the circus, where he landed a job as a cage cleaner. In the years that followed, Beatty quickly progressed from a lowly cage boy to a famous entertainer. Beatty became famous for his “fighting act,” in […]
Fear is responsible for almost every missed opportunity. It is the archenemy of progress. Most people don’t realize how much fear they really possess…or rather, I should say, how much fear possesses them. The moment we give in to our fears is the moment we cease growing. All true progress takes place just beyond the […]
We have all heard it said, “…and they lived happily ever after…” What a shallow ending! If happily ever after is all we are waiting for, we are missing out on something even better. Don’t get me wrong…happily ever after is good…but it’s not great. There’s an ending…that is actually the beginning…that is far better […]
The way a leader treats others is the way in which they will be treated. One cannot expect to treat others poorly and in return be treated fairly. The level that you value others is the level in which you will be valued by others. Thomas Carlyle said, “A great man shows his greatness, by the way […]
We all struggle with knowing the difference between the enemy taunting us and God teaching us. The tension between knowing if our situation is a trial we should escape or a testing we should embrace. We certainly don’t want to give the enemy blame for something God is doing, and we don’t want to give […]
Mother Teresa said, “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” If there is a word that should define Christians, it is undoubtedly the word…LOVE. Being a follower of Christ revolves around the central idea of love. Love is what defined Christ, and love is what should define […]
Time is an equal opportunity giver. No one gets more or loses it without choice. The truth is everyone gets the same amount of time in their day…24 hours or 1,440 minutes to be exact. And no one can magically make it speed up or slow down for them. So why is it that some […]