#1 Priority for Americans – “Enjoy life” “Enjoy life to the fullest.” According to the New Year’s GOBankingRates survey that was American’s #1 resolution. I interpret that to mean that above all else American’s want to enjoy this life. Is that your #1 desire? What we desire is what we do. I don’t…
Can you say it in one line? If you can’t say it in one line, maybe you don’t yet have a good handle on it. This week I read Karen Ball’s blog on the importance of first lines in our writing. Karen, a gifted author and literary agent with The Steve Laube Literary Agency, reminded…
How many is six million? We need Holocaust museums. When I visited Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, I was so deeply moved that I left the building in tears and silence. I walked a short distance from the museum and felt the need to be alone and…
Happy with where you’re headed? Most Americans are not. They don’t like where they are headed. A Gallup poll revealed that 70% of US workers don’t feel they are reaching their potential. Are you headed in the right direction? A worthwhile purpose is more valuable than great success at a meaningless purpose. Albert Einstein…
Where Are You Poor? We are all rich in some way, and poor in other ways. Poverty is not just about money. Some of us are poor in love, security, peace, family, purpose, self-confidence, friends, or God. Where is your poverty? What do you not have that you wish you did have? We…
Privacy is Primary Privacy is the core of a spiritual life. Contemporary religion makes our public-life the primary test of faith. It may actually be the very thing that’s keeping us from finding genuine faith. Privacy, simplicity, taking time to be alone with his first-love, his loving heavenly Father, is the way Jesus maintained such…
If you missed this inspirational minute, don’t miss it this time–read “Almost Martyred for Faith.”
Was She Afraid to Die? After almost being martyred in Sudan for refusing to renounce her faith in Jesus Christ , Meriam Ibrahim, 27, and her family are grateful to God. “Faith means life. If you don’t have faith, you are not alive,” said Meriam Ibrahim when asked if she was afraid of dying…
Why Would You Refuse Fame and Fortune? Dr. Bill Nichols A top news story of the month, June, 2015, from Forbes spotlighted renowned physician Paul Farmer for his selfless service to the poorest of the poor. As an outstanding specialist in infectious disease, he left the prestigious halls of Harvard Medical School to do…
“Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.” Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist Before it’s too late. How much time do you have before it’s too late with your relationship, your job, your health, or some other area of your life? Is now a good time to stop and take…