Posted on Friday, July 4, 2014

Inspiration Part XIV (July 4th edition)

by Michael Ramsey

Thanks to everyone who takes time to read my blog, and for those of you who refer others to it as well! I hope you and yours have a wonderful 4th! Here’s a quick blast of inspiration for your Independence Day from the great Abraham Lincoln…. “I like to see a man proud of the […]

Posted on Thursday, July 3, 2014

Forgiveness Wins – A Tribute to Louis Zamperini

by Michael Ramsey

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 […]

Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2014

3 Ways To Increase Your Quality of Life By Decreasing Your Stress!!!

by Michael Ramsey

Few things can adversely affect your life more than stress, and that’s a bad thing because stress is everywhere. Stress can come from both good and bad events in life. There’s the obvious stress of losing a job or having a very tight personal budget, but good events can be just as stressful. When someone […]

Posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Lessons I’ve Learned as a Dance Dad

by Michael Ramsey

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 […]

Posted on Friday, June 20, 2014

Travelling Into The Unknown

by Michael Ramsey

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 […]

Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Even Better Than Answers

by Michael Ramsey

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…. […]

Posted on Friday, June 13, 2014

Friday Finds – June 13

by Michael Ramsey

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 […]

Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Letting It Go And Laying It Down

by Michael Ramsey

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 […]

Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Inspiration (Part XIII)

by Michael Ramsey

“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 […]

Posted on Monday, June 9, 2014

2 Ways To Battle Your Fear of Intimacy

by Michael Ramsey

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 […]