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What You Can Tell from Shaking Hands
Have you ever shook hands with someone and felt as if you had your hand on the door knob of a vacant house? Maybe you felt like you were stealing their hand shake more than they were giving it. You had their hand but not their interest or respect. Their shoulders were...
The Cost of Creating
Since I live on a 1,300-acre ranch with over fifty head of horses, I am sometimes asked how much a horse costs. My answer is almost always, "It depends on how long you want to keep your horse alive!" You could easily buy a horse's freedom from the meat market for the...
What Every Brat Wants
In every interaction you have with your child today, you will either provide or provoke. These are the only two choices for an unlimited number of situations. Ephesians 6:4 says, "And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture...
What Home Teaches Us About Church
As a child, did you ever endure the panic of losing your mom in a crowded grocery store? Frightening stuff! You ran across the front of the store, pausing only long enough to look down each aisle intently for your missing mother.Finally, somewhere between the dairy...
What Kind of Smart Are You?
Who is the smartest person you know? The answer to that question depends on what kind of "smart" we are talking about. Smart people are smart where they are smart. That means that they may be as dumb as a bucket of bricks everywhere else!Have you ever known a...
What Has You Worried?
What makes you worry? Are you worried about your car? Maybe you lie awake at night thinking about your health, your friends, or your assignments for tomorrow. Why do you worry about such things? Because they're yours! You own the thing, the responsibility, and the...
C.A.M.P. Right There in Your Church
C.A.M.P. Right There in Your ChurchWhat is it about camp that is so spectacular? The declarative preaching of the Word of God which proclaims, "Thus saith the Lord..." is the primary value of camp. You may be thinking, "Wait a second. I hear preaching all the time. At...
Preparing Your Kids for the Real World
It was black on Highway 96, our road home from a little project at our church, Spring Meadow Baptist Church. Without warning, a clump of grass just off the shoulder gathered itself and began running alongside the shoulder, as if to race us home. Then the "clump of...