Today is my birthday. I wanted to share about a gift that my dad gave me one year that I thought was pretty cool. I can’t remember how old I was when he gave it to me, but I still have it somewhere packed up with special things.
My dad wrote me [...]
This is the first line in Rick Warren’s book “The Purpose Driven Life”. I could set the book down at that point and walk away with a monumental life lesson. I spend way too much time thinking about myself and worrying about what others think about me. I think most of us [...]
I like to think of these kind of things. I don’t know why; I just do.
Here goes:
You are driving down the road and you see a couple of guys with bicycles. You know from the clothes that they are wearing (black pants, white shirts and little black ties) that they are [...]
The following story is actually true.
Once upon a time a woman had some custom Christmas decorations made that were displayed in her front yard. They were rather large, made out of wood and painted in such a way that made them distinctly different from anyone else’s. (this part is important to remember) One [...]
One time, a famous missionary came to give a talk at the church I attended. I was inspired, encouraged and challenged by her message. It was incredible. After she finished, I went up to her – which was a bit hard for me because I was somewhat shy at the time [...]
I’m going to start a new part-time job tomorrow. I’ll be working as a music teacher for 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds at a preschool in Aiken. I trained last week with the out-going teacher and I loved every minute of it. It works out good that I really like children and I [...]