Confidence

There are areas of my life where I am confident in my abilities. For example, I am the “breakfast chef” at my house. I’m a morning person and my wife struggles with morning. I say, “Good morning Lord” and she says, “Good Lord, it’s morning”!  I feel good about my kitchen skills, because my Mom…

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No Contest

I love a little competition, especially if my team wins or dominates. My son and I played a good bit of ping pong during quarantine. I’m sure that we improved with the competition. If I play someone that I can beat badly every time, I might not improve. One of the things I love about…

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One Question

When someone approaches me and says, “I want to ask you one question”, I think that there has been great thought in that question.  Andy Andrews always says, “The quality of your answers is determined by the quality of your questions”.  If I want good answers, I must ask good questions.  If I’m trying to…

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Last Words – Reflection

I’ve always thought about the power of last words. There have been times when the last words were not meant to be the last words. I’ve heard of people that were fighting and out of anger said some hurtful things to a loved one and then was tragically killed in a car accident. That has…

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Kindness

I think kindness creates opportunity for blessings multiply. If I’m kind to one person and then that person is kind to another, the ripple effect can go on and on. Kindness is having a good nature or disposition coming from a gentle spirit. I think I could argue that Christ followers should possess kindness because…

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Behind The Scenes

There are many things that go on with people holding public positions, but behind the scenes is where the real work is being done. I know that there are meetings that happen to develop a strategy to bring harm to a nemesis.  The things that go on behind the scenes often comes to light in…

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