Do you have a favorite day of the year? Your birthday? Valentine’s Day? Your anniversary? Thanksgiving or Christmas? The opening day of deer season? My favorite day of the year is December 23rd. Why December 23rd? It’s because of the anticipation. It’s all those magical moments leading up to being together as a family and […]
Yesterday, my 17-year-old son and I took a fitness test. It’s the first step in the 60-day Insanity workout program. We’ll repeat the test every two weeks so we can chart our progress. I thought the test was hard! My son outscored me on every exercise. My wife and daughter also took the test and […]
I love NASCAR races and last night was the biggest one of the year–the Daytona 500 When that green flag waved, there were forty-three cars racing around a 2.5 mile tri-oval at 200 miles per hour. There were about ten yellow caution flags during the race, which slowed their speed to 55 miles per hour. […]
Have you ever heard of someone having heart cancer? I haven’t. Lung cancer. Prostate cancer. Breast cancer. All kinds of cancer, but not heart cancer. In a review of 12,000 autopsies, only seven people were found to have had a cardiac tumor. The Mayo Clinic only sees about one case a year. So it’s a […]
Who is causing you the most trouble right now? Is it your boss? Unreasonable deadlines? Micromanaging? Lack of encouragement? Is it a friend or roommate who’s acting selfishly? Is it a family member? A child who won’t listen? A spouse who doesn’t understand? So who is it? Right now, who in your life is causing […]
It’s less than two weeks until Christmas. So how’s your Christmas spirit holding up? Do you feel connected to God? Or has the busyness of the season already robbed you of what little joy and peace you had? Sometimes I think the root of our problem is the simple fact that we practically live like […]
What’s on your to-do list? Meetings at work? A lunch appointment? Errands to run? Groceries to buy? Phone calls to return? Emails to send? How about all the tasks that never make it onto your to-do list, but have to be done anyway? Shower. Dress. Cook. Clean. Eat. Commute. Homework (yours or helping a child). […]