Fear and the Future
Look to your future…that’s your future!” Natalia, the camp counselor, yelled, pointing to the stand at the end of the tight rope 30 feet in the air. Donna, the teenage camper, with tears streaming down her face, cried “I can’t…I can’t do it” as she struggled to place one foot in front of […]
The Love Dare
How many times have you said it? “Just follow your heart.” or “Go where your heart leads you.” This can be very dangerous advice to give someone. As I mentioned today in The Family Minute, following your heart means throwing caution to the wind and pursuing your latest whim, even though it may not be […]
5 Ways to Avoid Marriage Foreclosure
This life can be very, very tough. What makes suffering and hardship worse is that they often turn us against each other rather than toward each other. My friends, Dennis and Barbara Rainey give five ways to keep that from happening as you navigate through the common speed bumps and detours of life and […]
Moral Margin
Living life without margin is dangerous. Living life without a moral margin is even more dangerous. How are you creating boundaries in your life? How are you protecting yourself and your family? What’s your take on setting up moral margins in your life? Mark
Working “on” the Organization
Have you ever taken time to stop and examine things from a bird’s eye view? Do you schedule time away for reflection? Recently I was able to do just this. It was a nice change of pace. I was able to get out of the middle of the “grove” and I was able to work […]
How to Win Your Child’s Heart
There are many things we can do to win our child’s heart. Over the years, I’ve made it a practice to write special notes to each of my children. It’s important to verbally affirm and encourage our children, but I’ve found that the written word is powerful too. [Tweet This] And, it’s something they can keep and look at when they need encouragement and affirmation. One note I wrote to each of our children when they were younger was a note expressing my unconditional love for them and to validate their wonderful gifts. Here are three things I included in those notes.
What Do Dads Really Want for Father’s Day?
What most dads really want for Father’s Day is to be their child’s hero…to know that his kids look up to him…admire and respect him. So, how can kids, and even adult children, show that to dad? Well, here are a few ideas. Grab the camcorder, iPhone or anything with video capabilities and video yourself […]
Great Leader, Great Father
Frank had a small place in Sharon Township, North Carolina. It was a dairy farm, but it wasn’t much of a living. His children often remember him with a sun-browned face, walking out onto the hot, dusty path back to the farmhouse. In the 1929 stock market crash, he lost his entire life savings — […]
Serving and Service
Alfred Roberts was a small-town shopkeeper. He managed the grocery store in a place called Grantham. For his daughter, Margaret, he was a fount of wisdom and knowledge, even though he had little formal education. She remembers fondly a time when she wanted to go out and hang around with friends rather than do her […]
