I grew up in the shadow of a generation who faced the depravity of the Great Depression and then fought through the horrors of World War II. The deep sense of patriotism and solemn respect for our country ran high among these great people. Therefore, as the Fourth of July once again rolls around on the calendar, I find it appropriate to take a … [Read more...]
How Did I Get Here? – Not Being Where I Expected
Did you ever have one of those surreal moments when it seems like something snaps in your head and suddenly you see everything like you never saw it before? A lot of things can trigger these moments . . . an argument, a child leaving the home, a death, a job loss, a divorce, a birthday, unexpected contact from a long-lost friend or any number of … [Read more...]
Pain to Paralysis – Coming Apart at the Scars
There’s pain, and then there’s intensely deep pain. We all have pain. We all have the pain of failed experiences, sordid disappointments, wasted opportunities and wasted investments that we thought were opportunities. There’s the pain of not being where we imagined being, of being forced to embrace dreams as more fantasy than substance, of … [Read more...]
Father’s Day Quotes to Enrich Your Holiday
Over the years I have written an extensive array of books, articles, blogs and quotes. During special times of the year, I search these writings for quotes to both enrich and enlarge our celebration of that particular season. For Father's Day, I have selected a handful of quotations that express the power and importance of being a father. In a … [Read more...]
Historical Revisionist – Our Fear of Truth
What do we do when there’s something that we don’t like or find difficult? How do we approach the tough stuff; the things we’ve done or said or participated in that “stick in our craw,” that dog our steps and are just plain revolting and downright ugly? What do we do with the less than savory stuff; the stuff that leaves a bad taste in our … [Read more...]
Our Desperate Need of Prayer
The desperate need for prayer in our world can hardly be understated. It is the invincible porthole that grants us access to the halls of heaven and the throne of God. It is the hope for this world of ours as the solutions of men are simply that…of men. And since men have crafted the devastation and darkness that lays thick and dense around us, … [Read more...]
Discouragement – Courage, Determination and Persistence
Life has a way of walloping us; something like a train hurtling out of nowhere and we just happen to be standing on the tracks. Sometimes the hit is expected as we've seen it coming from a long ways off. Many times it's not expected at all. Sometimes it might be entirely justified, being the natural outcome of our poor choices or lax attitude or … [Read more...]
Mother’s Day Quotes to Enrich Your Holiday
Over his many years as a counselor, life coach, pastor and author, Craig has written an extensive array of quotes outlining the critically important role of a mother in the life of a child. To enhance the celebration of Mother’s Day, he has carefully chosen a selection of these quotes to share with his readers. It is Craig’s hope that these … [Read more...]
The Shaping of Me – What I Am and Who I’m Not
“Who am I?” The question seems a bit overused these days. It’s something more like a vogue, trendy kind of question that pulls us out of the doldrums of living among the masses and plants us in the more desirable currents of the intellectual mainstream. The question suggests that we’re exercising our intellectual acumen to probe our existence, … [Read more...]
Celebrating Our Great Good – Reclaiming the Heart of Our Humanity
Particularly at times like these, there appears to be this morbid and seemingly trance-like focus on all that’s wrong in our world. This negative focus generates a debilitating sense of hopelessness that seems to exponentially grow to catastrophic proportions and beyond. We need to be painfully honest about the difficulties in our world, for to … [Read more...]
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