Between my wife and I, one of us regularly says, “I feel bad about (fill in the blank),” and the other person replies (or thinks because it happens so often), “Why do you feel bad? What’s the benefit?” Any guesses who’s who in this scenario? Women tend to have a gift for finding ways to feel guilt … [Read more...]

This week I’m spending some time with my family, so I thought I’d do something a little different in order to save time.  The following is a speech by Paul Harvey given on air in 1965.  It’s scary how wise he was to see where things were going.  Who was Paul Harvey? He became famous … [Read more...]

The title of this lesson could’ve been: Why are Some Top Athletes So Judgemental? You could also replace “Christians” with “Top Artists,” “the Politically Correct,” “Conspiracy Theorists” or “HR Departments” because all of these groups are drawn to being judgemental; why? Because anyone who loves … [Read more...]

I recently realized that belief in Jesus should be based on logic and not emotion.  You’d think this would’ve been more apparent, but when you grow up surrounded by Christianity with holidays like Christmas and Easter you take a lot for granted and you miss the miracle of it all: (me) “Of … [Read more...]

The other week my four year old made up a new song.  Picture a very cute little girl with all sincerity singing the following words: “You love your cat... your cat’s your friend... and your cat’s going to die... your cats going to die... your cats going to die.”  Sounds ruthless, doesn’t … [Read more...]

This week I realized a major problem for people is being mean without realizing it.  It can be as simple as not returning a text or not sharing an encouraging word when it’s needed.  It can be not accepting a compliment well, which can discourage that person from offering compliments in … [Read more...]