Your Career is a Ministry When …

When your career becomes an entrepreneurial ministry, then you're living a purpose-driven life. Your career is a ministry when … You view what you do as serving others in God’s name. You help others without the expectation of getting anything in return. You are not driven by the need to receive credit, applause, or attention.Continue reading "Your Career is a Ministry When …"

One Thing in Common

You and I have at least one thing in common. A door is opened to each of us for something beautiful to be worked out in our lives. I saw the door and walked through it. Have you? If not, then look for my hand stretched out for you. Take it and let me showContinue reading "One Thing in Common"

The Key

In my experience, forgiveness is not easy, but it’s the key that unlocks the door to meaning and significance. If you feel angry, bitter, lost, confused, empty, or depressed, you have to commit to self-mastery of forgiveness to clearly see and understand your purpose in life and why you are here. Forgiving goes against ourContinue reading "The Key"

Pre-Decide

What if we pre-decide to choose people over policies and relationships over rules? What if we pre-decide to … exhibit patience? chose not to be offended? quit taking everything so personally? change the degrading way we talk to others? focus on what we have in common? chose the big picture? value the other person aboveContinue reading "Pre-Decide"

Neighborly Love Podcast, Episode 38 – Amy Krahe

Ordinary People. Extraordinary Conversations. If "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" and "The Parable of the Good Samaritan" collided at an intersection, then the Neighborly Love podcast would be the result. It features casual conversations over coffee in a "virtual coffee shop" that lean into the power of empathy. It's about feeling heard, valued, and understood.Continue reading "Neighborly Love Podcast, Episode 38 – Amy Krahe"

Your Example

In February 2019 my son, Dallas, wanted to work for Chick-fil-A. Being only 14 years old, he was a little young, but he gave it a shot. I helped him by picking up the application, filling it out, and coordinating the interview with the restaurant manager. As he interviewed, I waited in the car forContinue reading "Your Example"

Be a Neighbor

The late, great Fred Rogers treated everyone like a neighbor. I think most people interpret that word literally, i.e. a person living near or next door. Mister Rogers, however, had a broader definition. To him, everybody is our neighbor. He humanized our world better than anybody in modern history. https://youtu.be/FhwktRDG_aQ?si=u1bIUajaEGYV9Ag- Won’t You Be My NeighborContinue reading "Be a Neighbor"

TEAM C

I’ve had the same license plate since 1998, TEAM C. Back then, I wanted COACH C, but it was unavailable in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I “settled” for TEAM C, and little did I know how prophetic it was. Twenty-five years later, TEAM C embodies my calling. Life has a specific design, a way inContinue reading "TEAM C"

The Problem of Why

In his book, The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis says that pain plays an important role in the development of human character. Pain may lead someone to repent, but it also may lead them to bitterness. Hell exists for those who won’t repent no matter how great the pain. Simply stated, in hell, God makes roomContinue reading "The Problem of Why"

Neighborly Love Podcast, Episode 37 – Jeremy Shaffer

Ordinary People. Extraordinary Conversations. If "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" and "The Parable of the Good Samaritan" collided at an intersection, then the Neighborly Love podcast would be the result. It features casual conversations over coffee in a "virtual coffee shop" that lean into the power of empathy. It's about feeling heard, valued, and understood.Continue reading "Neighborly Love Podcast, Episode 37 – Jeremy Shaffer"