Forgiveness Wins – A Tribute to Louis Zamperini

Louis Zamperini died Wednesday at the age of 97. Zamperini competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin as a distance runner. A budding star in the track community, Zamperini retired from track to serve his country during World War II. During the war,  he and his fellow soldier’s plane was shot down over the […]

Lessons I’ve Learned as a Dance Dad

This past weekend marked the end of another dance season for my beautiful daughter.  The girls and instructors from our studio, Prestige Dance Institute were amazing! After the competition, as we packed numerous outfits, crates of make-up, and buckets of hair products into the car one last time before taking the summer off, I thought […]

Travelling Into The Unknown

Today is my last day speaking and sharing with an amazing group of students in Savannah, GA. These incredible students have braved the insane heat and humidity while working on roofs all week for families who could not normally afford repairs to their home. We’ve talked about the following prayer written by Trappist monk, Thomas […]

Even Better Than Answers

Will God be ok with me getting a divorce?  Is it ok for women to be pastors?  What do we do with the whole gay marriage thing?  Once I’m a Christian are there things I can do that will get me kicked out of being a Christian? And on and on and on and on…. […]

Friday Finds – June 13

In hopes of making your Friday the 13th better, here’s some stuff you might like to check out….. This is a pic of an ultimate frisbee game I was in last summer. I don’t know why I added this, but here it is…. (and yes, of course we won.) Did you know that there are […]

Letting It Go And Laying It Down

I’ve given a couple of talks about forgiveness lately, so the topic has been on my mind a lot, how hard it is to do and how great it is to finally let something go and be free. Money will never change the world, neither will power. Forgiveness, on the other hand, opens doors that […]

Inspiration (Part XIII)

“Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired that you have to shuffle back to the center of the ring, fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes […]

2 Ways To Battle Your Fear of Intimacy

The one thing that most limits your relationships may be something you’ve completely overlooked. You may fear that you are not funny enough, or attractive enough, or intelligent enough. You may doubt your abilities to carry on conversations. But these things pale in comparison to the number one killer of relationships: fear of intimacy. Fear […]

Friday Finds – June 6

Looking for something good to check out online this weekend? Forget searching around and start here instead: Finally a post that is both inspiring and helpful, a guide to napping… Complete Guide to Napping Know who you probably don’t want to quote on a giant billboard to support your children’s ministry??….Adolf Hitler. Yeah, this is […]