Toward the end of the 19th century, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel awoke one morning to read his own obituary in the local newspaper. It read: “Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, who died yesterday, devised a way for more people to be killed in a war than ever before; he died a very rich man.” […]
A missionary went to Sierra Leone, West Africa. When she first arrived there, she was fascinated to see people wearing American T-shirts even when they didn’t know what the words meant. Her biggest laugh came the day she saw a man wearing a pink shirt with an arrow pointing to his tummy with the words: […]
My wife and I took our two daughters to the Metamora Canal Days Festival during the Fall time a few years ago. This is a huge celebration in the history of horse-drawn canal boats, which fueled the Southeastern Indiana economy until its displacement by the railroad. During the festival we took a boat ride down […]
Before we upgraded our supposedly high-speed internet to our new provider my family and I became accustomed to the circling icon of buffering while trying to watch videos online. It never failed, we would log on to our movie account and within the first few minutes we were waiting on that frustrating circle. I think everyone has faced this […]
The people who hang out with is who you will become like. Those who we spend our time with will determine the quality of our life. You may have heard the phrase, “Show my your friends and I’ll show you your future.” This phrase couldn’t be more spot on. It is of the utmost importance […]
There is no Provision without Vision. It is when we step out with a vision to accomplish something that the resources are then given to us. Vision always attracts provision. It is like a magnet that pulls in exactly what it needs to be successful. When we have a vision for our life, we will […]
Last week I was driving down the highway on my way to a meeting about bringing Nick Vujicic to our county (Nick’s story is unbelievable, check him out at Life Without Limbs). As I was driving down the road my tire blew! This was the first time anything like that had ever happened to me while […]
This thought came to me the other day… “When your faith is leading your feet will follow.” You see, you and I will be lead by one of two things in our life…Faith or Fear. When faith is leading us it is a natural response for our feet to follow and go. However, when our […]
In my early twenties while living in Knoxville, Tennessee I was invited by a group of friends to attend the University of Tennessee’s Symphony Orchestra concert. I gladly accepted the invitation and went to the event expecting to have a good time listening to the orchestra but what I received was far more than I expected. […]
Like all kids our youngest daughter does NOT like to get her shots. However, it was time for her to get her next round of vaccinations and she was terrified. Remember her last experience, she dreaded the day she was scheduled to get her shot. My wife and I assured her if she was just […]