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Three Steps to Living in the Moment

My wife Diane will tell you that there was a time in my life that I was almost impossible to live with the day before I left for a performance. Everything was so focused on the upcoming event that I did not have time, emotion or energy for the moment.

The Solution to Children Fighting in the Car!

Good morning friends! It’s Lighten Up Monday! Have you ever experienced the “thrill” of children doing combat in the back seat while you try to navigate traffic? At the end of this video is a solution you might want to try. [youtube id=”8Ps9MmzHh8U”] I asked a counselor why kids fight in the back seat of a car. Without pausing he …

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Breaking an Addiction

It isn’t long after a child is born that he/she begins to develop addictions.  Some of us continue the process throughout life.  Forget drugs, tobacco and alcohol.  We often select our own “acceptable” set of things to be addicted to. This old favorite post is the story of one addiction broken with the help of a family pet.

“The Question that Never Goes Away” – Philip Yancey

A FREE Philip Yancey book.  Today ONLY! I don’t endorse many books, nor do I usually post a blog on Wednesday. But my friend, Philip Yancey, has just written a powerful book based on his 2012 visits to three places of great suffering:  In each place he was asked to speak and bring words of comfort and hope. You can …

No one Can Take This Away!

For the past week I have been secluded in the wilderness listening to the screaming bugles of elk and the frantic yelping of coyotes welcoming the morning. Climbing winding game trails through high timber, I feel a sense of freedom. Even my mind is free to wander. Of course my mind rarely does anything but wander. Today I said a …