Losing Seasons (Jonathan)

Writer’s note: This is the eleventh in the series: The Stories of My Life. Recently, I heard it said that we should not be jealous of a team that is having a winning season – because we don’t know what they had to endure during their losing season to become a...

Jeremy – Part Two

Writer’s note: This is the tenth in a series of articles entitled: The Stories of My Life. Jeremy was originally in our home for two years.  At age ten, DFACS placed him back into his home – without correcting the problem.  Quite naturally, this...

Jeremy – Part One

Writer’s note: This is the ninth in a series of articles entitled:  The Stories of My Life. There was a time in mine and Marianne’s life that, because of all the blessings God had blessed us with, we decide we wanted to “give back.”  So, we took the training...

Losing Seasons

Recently, I heard it said that we should not be jealous of a team that is having a winning season – because we don’t know what they had to endure during their losing season to become a winner!  Wow! Each of our lives are filled with the pain of losing...

Getting Off the Wrong Bus

Writer’s note:  This column was originally written to a group of pastors I mentor regarding leadership.  Hopefully, it will help somebody today.  I was having a conversation with another pastor once and we began discussing Jon Gordon’s book “The Energy...