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Category Archives: Leadership
Proper Self-Assessment
The drive home from a recent high school basketball game was long and tedious. In addition to the rain and darkness, a low-lying fog made it difficult to see the pavement in front of me. The road was hilly and … Continue reading
Just Some Ordinary People
Arkansas Razorback men’s basketball coach Mike Anderson had quite a task in preparing for a recent game against the top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats. Noting that his team had an 8-1 deficit in McDonald’s All-Americans, here is what Coach Anderson had to … Continue reading
Real Faith
Frank Bruni recently wrote in The New York Times: “Faith and government shouldn’t be as cozy as they are in this country. Faith is a serious matter, and an important one, but it’s trivialized when it’s toted too readily and … Continue reading
Life at Home
A teenage girl asked her parents if she could get a nose ring. They were dead set against the idea. However, the daughter was persistent with her pleas, and eventually they reluctantly conceded and gave their permission for her to … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Humor, Leadership, Uncategorized
Tagged Bible, illustration, nose ring, obey your parents, parenting, raising children
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Don’t Stay Down!
Several years ago, during a Monday night football game between the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants, one of the announcers observed that Walter Payton, the Bears’ running back, had accumulated over nine miles in career rushing yardage. The … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Players
One the opening day of the 1954 baseball season, the Milwaukee Braves visited the Cincinnati Reds. Two rookies began their major league careers with that game. The Reds won 9-8 as Jim Greengrass hit four doubles in his first big … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Leadership, Sports
Tagged finishing well, good start, Henry Aaron, illustration, Jim Greengrass, perseverance, Philippians 3:12
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Only Opinion that Counts
In Men at Work, George Will noted that baseball umpires are professional dispensers of pure justice. As an example, he wrote about a time when umpire Babe Pinelli called Babe Ruth out on strikes. Ruth made an argument that many … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Culture, Leadership, Sports
Tagged Babe Pinelli, Babe Ruth, George Will, God is the judge, God's wisdom, illustration, morality, Proverbs 8:14, public opinion
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The Price of One Man’s Faith
I was just reading from Matthew 14 about how John the Baptist was arrested and later beheaded. He got into this trouble because he spoke out against an illegitimate relationship. Matthew 14:3-4 says, “Now Herod had arrested John and bound … Continue reading
Really Following
The first people Jesus called to be his disciples were Peter and Andrew, brothers who were both fishermen. They were casting a net into a lake when he extended the invitation to follow him. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and … Continue reading
On Second Thought…
Harvard professors have often advised presidents and Congress on crafting laws concerning health care. Now, many of the Harvard faculty are upset that the university has recently made some changes that will require their employees to pay more for their … Continue reading
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