Are You in the Game? What’s the difference between a church pew and a football sideline? Generally speaking, everybody on the bench in football is trained and anxious to get in the game. Not so much church pews today. Many people, young and old, sitting in church think their attendance is all that is required to get their ticket punched. […]
Can You Handle the Truth? You probably remember the line from the 1992 movie A Few Good Men, in which Jack Nicholson’s character, Colonel Jessup, screams at Tom Cruise’s character, Lt. Kaffee, “You can’t handle the truth.” It has worked its way into American culture without much thought given to how prescient the message. I was reminded of this while […]
It’s Not About Me What do emcees, judges, debate moderators, and preachers all have in common? They’re in the public eye. They direct whatever goes on in their venue. They have a lot of authority to make sure things go well. But THEY ARE NOT THE STAR OF THE SHOW. You might call each one a “pointer.” What do pointers […]
Why Wait? You ever let a friendship lapse for months, even years, and all of a sudden you need a favor from that person? You feel a little sheepish, don’t you? What will they think? Why is he calling now? What does he need? And you wonder if there’s anything left of the relationship. I suggest, that for many of […]
Heads or tails? Win or lose is a 50/50 proposition. If the stakes are small, it’s no big deal to lose the toss. In football overtime it can sometimes mean the game if you get the ball first. What are you flipping the coin of life to answer? You’ve heard it said that not to decide is a decision, the […]
Used to be if you talked to yourself you were headed for the padded cell. But D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) spawned the idea of talking to yourself instead of listening to yourself in this quote, “Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to […]