It’s 2 a.m. in the quiet lobby of the Holiday Inn Express off U.S. Highway 75 in Dallas. No one should be up at this hour, but four newly hired coaches are up busily planning their recruiting strategy. It’s early December, only two months away from…
Paul Graham writing in his January 2015 essay: Few people know so early or so certainly what they want to work on. But talking to my father reminded me of a heuristic the rest of us can use. If something that seems like work to other people doesn’t seem…
Why? Why do you do what you do? This is a question I believe we don’t ask ourselves enough. Ultimately, as Christians, our faith provides an answer to this vague question. God should be the center of our lives and no matter our calling, no matter our task. He…
Lord, when I am wrong, make me willing to change. When I am right, make me easy to live with. So strengthen me that the power of my example will far exceed the authority of my rank. One of the biggest influences in my life, Dave Ramsey, mentioned this prayer…
There I sat. In an unfamiliar church on a Sunday morning for the first time in years. The sanctuary smaller than expected. I was hugging the back wall, in the very last pew, like any good Baptist would do. With every step, the worn hardwood floors of that old balcony…
I once heard an old Southern Baptist preacher tell this story. For the life of me I cant remember his name, but I think about this almost every day. If you don’t have the God-given blessing of being from the South, first I would like to sincerely apologize, you…
Use the day and never waste another moment. Time is something that we can never get back. In today’s society we measure wealth in money, possessions, or even in popularity. Sure, wealth can be all those things, but want me to tell you who the most successful people are?…