Category Archives: Self-improvement

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.ContinueContinue reading “Your Career is a Ministry When …”

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 showContinueContinue reading “One Thing in Common”

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 ourContinueContinue reading “The Key”

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 aboveContinueContinue reading “Pre-Decide”

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 forContinueContinue reading “Your Example”

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 NeighborContinueContinue reading “Be a Neighbor”

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 inContinueContinue reading “TEAM C”

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 roomContinueContinue reading “The Problem of Why”

There’s a rhythm to life, a strong, regular, repeated pattern of doing the right thing at the right time. Every minute of every day, we are either in or out of rhythm. I gained a true appreciation for this a few days ago. Testimony #1 I received a $250 gift card for Eddie V’s, anContinueContinue reading “A Rhythm to Life”

With an unreconciled past and uncertain future, we have a tendency to be unappreciative in the present. A common result of such ingratitude is conformance with what we think society wants us to do, which grinds us into something we don’t like. That’s no way to live. Such are the difficult, routine, and monotonous tasksContinueContinue reading “Savor Today”