by Wil Rice IV | Articles
Henry Ford did not invent the automobile. But he may as well have. The man who mass produced reliable transportation built something more than a car. Henry Ford built loyalty. He built a loyalty, I might add, that was deeper than reason and thicker than water.If you...
by Wil Rice IV | Articles
Apples was a large bay mare with a cranky disposition. And why shouldn’t she have been upset? She was a five-year-old horse that had never been made to mind.I still recall watching from the relative safety of a corral fence as my boss, the skilled hand who was...
by Wil Rice IV | Articles
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...
by Wil Rice IV | Articles
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...
by Wil Rice IV | Articles
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...