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Two Easy Steps to Predicting Your Future

Most people are not so much held back by a lack of time as they are a lack of focus and direction. What intentional steps can you take to get from where you are to where you want to be?
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First Step to Getting From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

If you wait for all the lights to turn green before you get in the car to go somewhere, you will never get in the car. Get up and move.... get started! Make mistakes and keep going.
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Do American Christians Show Compassion Like the Jewish Jesus?

Sometimes it can be difficult. Some of the obstacles to being a compassionate follower of Jesus may be immaturity, self-centeredness, or moments of frustration. Probably the biggest obstacle to a compassionate Christian life is the misunderstanding…
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Abnormal, Unbalanced, and Out of Step

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz-RDIT2nxc Abnormal, Unbalanced, and Out of Step:  The Art and Science of Embracing Yourself. "Everybody is a genius.  But if you judge a fish on how well it can climb a tree, it will live it's whole life…
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Gandhi & Michael Jackson – Religious Leaders?

"Do not judge others, and you will not be judged.  For you will be treated as you treat others.  The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.  And why worry about the speck in your friends' eye when you have…
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Are You Alive?

How long have you been alive? This question reminds me of the illustration Tony Campolo uses:  Picture the professor asking his class this question. When they began to answer with their ages, he points out that they are merely answering how…
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Follow Your God-Given Dreams

Helen Keller was once asked if there was anything she could think of that was worse than being blind. John Maxwell defines vision as “a picture of the future that stirs up passion within you.” Do you have vision? Do you have a picture of…
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“I Sure Do Miss The Drugs Though” – Surviving Internal Struggles

Johnny Cash was having a meal with Bono (the lead singer for U2) and they both bowed their heads to pray. Johnny Cash prayed and thanked God for the food, friendships, forgiveness, and salvation. After the prayer Johnny Cash raised his head…
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Go all out!!

A while back, Hardee’s had a tagline in their commercials, “If you’re gonna go, go all out!” One of those commercials pictures a grandmother with her grandson sitting on the front porch swing looking at a family photo album. With each…
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Live With Passion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5r6i4JwaYQ