Long ago, in a galaxy far far away, I was about to step to the platform to address an energetic audience. I was talking with a friend about the content of my presentation when the event coordinator interrupted our conversation. He dismissed my friend with a demeaning comment and asked, “Are you going to wear “THAT” outfit to the platform? …
E-mails have been pouring in asking to see the “devil dog hill.” One poured in just now. So I rode the hill with my friend Spence Smith and filmed the ride for you. Imagine a dog attacking from the left, imagine hitting a large acorn. Enjoy the ride! If you missed the post…. about this you can read it here. …
I was doing forty eight miles an hour….. Down hill….. on a bicycle. My wife Diane says that at that speed I am only one acorn away from death. But I was staring at the road. Looking for any acorns that might put me over the handlebars. Maybe that’s why I didn’t see the dog. He came out of a …
Many studies show that fear of speaking is rated right up there with their with fear of death. That is because failing as a speaker is about as painful as dying.
Sometimes I ask myself why I leave my family every week to endure the hassle of travel. Occasionally I get weary and wonder why would I eat junk food and sleep in lonely hotel rooms in order to stand on a stage and deliver the one gift God has given me. Then I meet a girl like Kallai, and I …