You either leave when everyone wants you to leave or when no one wants you to leave. Every leader is an interim leader. You either leave when everyone wants you to leave or when no one wants you to leave. Hats off to Nick Saban for leaving when no one wanted him to leave. [...]
Christmas is such a vivid reminder of the goodness of God—the celebration of God fulfilling His promise made hundreds of years earlier that a child would be born who would be both God and man and ultimately deliver His people from their sins and bridge the gap between God and man. The goodness of God [...]
The crisp fall air stirs and evokes cherished memories of holidays gone by as we anticipate gathering with loved ones. But every year, the holidays might look a little different, and expectations built on past celebrations can rob us of the present. There might be an empty chair at the table this year, or maybe [...]
October is Long-Term Care Month and a good reminder to consider now the future of your loved ones. Below are 3 ways to take care of loved ones after you are gone. My wife Cathy and I will never regret taking care of our dads. We were blessed to have been able to do so, [...]
We all have dreams for our children that they would flourish and be healthy and successful. But what happens when they are not? When failure looms over your legacy, there might be victory around the bend. The decisions and mistakes our adult children make have a much bigger impact than the decisions and mistakes they [...]
As the final days of summer begin to fade and school looms ahead for families, the influences that our children will face have the potential to undo all that we have worked for. Raising godly children in an ungodly culture seems impossible. What's a parent to do? Maybe you've done "all the things" that should [...]
Every Father's Day is a reminder to everyone to honor their fathers. But it is also a reminder to Christian fathers to examine the hopes they have as a dad and to remind themselves to continue to press on toward those hopes. A father's hope in Christ helps the common hopes of this life to [...]
It began the first time I gazed into your eyes. A connection I had not known before. You were mine . . . but I would one day have to let you go. And as I prayed for you, cared for you, taught you, disciplined you, and loved you, my heart prayed over you words [...]
How will we be remembered? Chances are, we don't think about that much and are not able to objectively examine ourselves all that easily. But those who are in our inner sphere are watching and catching how we are living which says so much more about us than what we are saying. Sometimes legacy building [...]
It's easy to go with the flow. But time is evaporating rapidly. Every day the sand is lower in our own respective hourglasses and we have no idea when our time is up. Now that we have that encouraging thought about the brevity of our lives, perhaps it helps us to be motivated to live [...]
