Category Archives: Leadership

Good Team Player

Posted on March 4, 2016 by jesustrek

University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari was the featured speaker at Gov. Matt Bevin’s prayer breakfast on February 16, 2016. The main focus of his message was putting others above yourself. Calipari told of the time when former … Continue reading →

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Just In Case He Asks

Posted on March 3, 2016 by jesustrek

Most people believe that we will have to stand before God someday and give an account for how we lived our lives. This is true. Hebrews 9:27 says that “….People are destined to die once, and after that to face … Continue reading →

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Make It Appealing

Posted on February 26, 2016 by jesustrek

According to a recent report by the Associated Press, movies with diverse casts do far better at the box office than movies with mostly white actors. The best performers in 2014 were movies in which half the main cast was … Continue reading →

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Not a Coach

Posted on February 22, 2016 by jesustrek

I enjoy sports, and I attend a lot of local basketball games. Someone once asked me why I never got into coaching. It’s because I wouldn’t be very good at it. While I understand most of what has happened on … Continue reading →

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Who’s Driving?

Posted on February 17, 2016 by jesustrek

The Speed Bump cartoon that appeared in newspapers on February 17, 2016 made a joke about the experimental driverless cars that have been in the news lately. It depicted a couple of cowboys riding along behind the herd. One says … Continue reading →

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Friend or Foe?

Posted on February 10, 2016 by jesustrek

The primary purpose of the letter the apostle Paul wrote to the Galatian churches was to prevent them from making the horrible mistake of turning away from Christ as the sole source of their salvation. Some of the people there … Continue reading →

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Different Kind of Saved

Posted on February 9, 2016 by jesustrek

We all want to be spared from suffering. We would rather not have to go through extremely difficult hardships such as: illness, injury, economic woes, loss of a loved one, etc. However, that’s not how things happen. Sometimes God saves … Continue reading →

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Knowing Your Role

Posted on February 8, 2016 by jesustrek

Peyton Manning, despite his declining physical skills that go with being a 39-year-old quarterback, led the Denver Broncos to a victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50. He did not look like the Manning of old, who would take … Continue reading →

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A Parent’s Lawn

Posted on February 6, 2016 by jesustrek

I have heard of parents who did not allow their children to play ball in their own yard because it wore out the grass in some places and made the lawn look bad. I have always loved one mother’s response … Continue reading →

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What Are You Raising?

Posted on February 5, 2016 by jesustrek

Two farmers were talking as they watched the sons of one of them hoeing a field of corn. One asked the other, “Why are you doing that the old-fashioned way? Why don’t you spray for weeds instead of having your … Continue reading →

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