By the way: I do recommend this book for everyone married or not. As a counselor it improved my counseling talents incredibly and changed a lot of relationships for the better.
This is an excerpt from the email I sent to my men’s leadership group. They have committed to reading a book a month on a variety of [...]
Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Women: Let’s get help – Men: We don’t need help
Posted in Books, Check it Out, Christian Living, Church, Family, LCC, Leadership, Marriage, My Church, RELIGION, Self-Help, What I'm Reading, tagged dating, Gary Chapman, love, marriage counseling, men, relationships, The Five Love languages, women, women's issues on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Discipline: The Key to Staying Good When You’re Doing Good
Posted in Books, Check it Out, Christian Living, Current Events, Family, Good News, Leadership, tagged anxiety, hope, influence, Jim Tressel, life, life change, lifestyle, success, The Winners Manual on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The GHS Football Mustangs are 3-0. They have had an incredible turn around and the attitude on the team is very positive and contagious. Coach Henigan and his team of coaches are doing a great job at teaching the disciplines that are needed to not just win football games but to win at life. Coach talks to [...]
Succesful Attitude of a Team Player
Posted in Books, Entertainment, Good News, Leadership, Quotes, Self-Help, Stress, tagged attitude, christian, happiness, hope, influence, Leadership, life skills, positive attitude, success, teamwork, values, worldview on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I get an opportunity every week to work with the Grapevine High School Mustang football team. I usually teach on team, character, and life skill building. My daughter and son went to GHS and my son played football for the “Stangs”. I call myself their biggest fan. A great resource that I discovered this last [...]
Personal Letters From President Ronald Reagan
Posted in Books, Faith, Family, Good News, History, Leadership, Prayer, Quotes, RELIGION on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
#1 of Personal Letters From Ronald Reagan
I am currently reading a book edited by Ralph E. and Ralph A Weber. It is Dear Americans – Letters from the Desk of Ronald Reagan. President Reagan was a prolific letter writer. He wrote thousands of letters to Americans during his presidency, 1981-1989. He would hand write the [...]
God Wants to be in Your Details
Posted in Bible Study, Books, Christian Living, Church, Entertainment, Faith, Good News, Leadership, My Church, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, tagged anxiety, Bible, blackaby, blessings, Christ, christianity, devotional, disipleship, God, hope, Jesus, Jim Tressel, life, RELIGION, spirituality, success, The Winners Manual on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night we had our monthly Iron Men meeting. It is a group of men at our church who are committed to serving at LCC and being discipled in leadership. They have each made a year commitment to serve, make a stronger presence at LCC, read a book a month, attend a monthly four hour meeting, and [...]
An Act of Kindness Can Change a Life
Posted in Books, Check it Out, Christian Living, Entertainment, Good News, Leadership, RELIGION, Self-Help, tagged life, happiness, joy, love, christian, christianity, hope, life change, influence, anxiety, blessings, deeds of kindness, Life Connection Church, kindness, The Winners Manual, Jim Tressel, act of kindness on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I found this story in Jim Tressel’s The Winners Manual. It is in the chapter on love. We go about our lives being too busy to pay much attention to what is going on in the lives of others. Sometimes, just going out of our way a little bit to show you care can change [...]
Practice is the Secret to Greatness
Posted in Books, Check it Out, Entertainment, History, Leadership, Self-Help, tagged beatles, book review, elite, Gladwell, hope, influence, lifestyle, Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers, practice, Self-Help, success on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you have not read it yet, Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers – The Story of Success is a good read and I think very interesting. Outliers, according to Gladwell are men and women that do things out of or above the ordinary. This includes, geniuses, business tycoons, rock stars, software programmers, athletes, and whoever goes above [...]
Truth About Angels, Demons, and God
Posted in Bible Study, Books, Check it Out, Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Entertainment, Faith, Good News, LCC, RELIGION, Self-Help, audio, devotional, tagged angels, Angels and Demons, audio, Bible, christian, christianity, Dan Brown, demons, God, Jesus, movies, RELIGION, Ron Howard, spirituality, the secret, truth on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The new Ron Howard movie, Angels and Demons is out today. I posted a review on it here…
Although the movie is not really a movie about angels and demons, spirituality and spiritual beings are topics of much interest. Where do you get your information about spiritual beings? There are many theories or beliefs. I believe [...]
When You Feel Like Quitting
Posted in Books, Check it Out, Classic, Entertainment, Faith, Good News, History, Leadership, Quotes, Self-Help, Stress, tagged Abraham Lincoln, anxiety, book review, coaching, counseling, culture, depression, happiness, hope, influence, inspirational, Jim Tressel, joy, life change, lifestyle, Lincoln, ohio state university, persistence, politics, quitting, success on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the books I am currently reading is Jim Tressel’s (Coach of Ohio State University), The Winners Manual for the Game of Life. Tressel, over the years, has compiled an inspirational manual he gives to his players every year that is more than just a play book. It is a book on how to [...]
Leader #3 – Power With People
Posted in Bible Study, Books, Christian Living, Church, Entertainment, Leadership, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, What I'm Reading, tagged Bible, christian, christianity, counseling, God, human resources, influence, Jesus, life, management, Managing people, organizations, people, relationships, RELIGION, self-esteem, success on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The third leadership principle, of six, in Mark Sanborn’s book, You don’t Need a Title to be a Leader is the “Power With People”.
It is important to realize, as God’s people, we do best in a community doing life with others. There is strength in numbers, not just in the ability to get more accomplished, but in [...]
Leader #2 – The Power of Focus
Posted in Bible Study, Books, Christian Living, Faith, Leadership, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, What I'm Reading, tagged Bible, Christ, christian, christianity, counseling, God, happiness, hope, influence, Jesus, joy, leader, Leadership, life, life change, lifestyle, Mark Sanborn, RELIGION, self-esteem, spirituality, success on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The second leadership principle, of six, in Mark Sanborn’s book, You don’t Need a Title to be a Leader is the “Power of Focus”. He starts the chapter off with a Proverb.
Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. Prov 16:3 NIV
Focus is an important part of any one’s life if he or she [...]
Leader #1 – Power of Self-Mastery
Posted in Books, Christian Living, Leadership, Self-Help, Stress, What I'm Reading, tagged anxiety, happiness, hope, influence, joy, life, motivation, motivational, no regrets, peace, regrets, relationships, success on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The first leadership principle, of six, in Mark Sanborn’s book, You don’t Need a Title to be a Leader is “The power of Self-Mastery“. Aristotle said, “the hardest victory is over self.” If you are going to lead others or influence other people it is important that you need to be good or better at [...]
Add Biographies to Your Reading List
Posted in Books, Entertainment, Family, Good News, History, Leadership, What I'm Reading, tagged influence, life, life change, lifestyle, politics, self-esteem, success on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am currently reading Truman by David McCullough. I made a commitment this year to add more biographies to my reading list. I have already read McCullough’s John Adams and Lisa and I rented the HBO Mini Series. Both were excellent.
One thing different about biographies than a lot of other reads, they are long. The [...]
Be A Leader Without a Title
Posted in Books, Check it Out, Entertainment, Leadership, Self-Help, Stress, tagged book, book review, dealing with change, influence, leaders, life, life change, lifestyle, making a difference, marriage counseling, positive difference, relationships, success on February 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I am part of a men’s Christian leadership development group at LCC. We read a book every month and come together for a meal, fellowship, a teaching time, and then we teach each other as we give our point of view and what we learned from the book. This month we are actually reading two [...]
Attitude Adjustment – Colin Powell Rules
Posted in Books, Christian Living, Leadership, Quotes, Self-Help, What I'm Reading, tagged attitude, attitude adjustment, colin powell, happiness, hope, influence, inspirational, Jim Tressel, joy, life, life change, marriage counseling, ohio state university, personal development, politics, positive attitude, self-esteem, success, The Winners Manual, winner, winning attitude on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am currently reading, The Winners Manual for the Game of Life by Ohio State University coach Jim Tressel. This is a good leadership and personal development read. Tressel and his coaches have created this manual over the years in order to teach his teams how to be successful at life and not just on the [...]
More QB Kurt Warner – God Healed
Posted in Books, Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Entertainment, Faith, Family, Good News, History, Leadership, Prayer, RELIGION, Stress, tagged anxiety, Arizona Cardinals, blessings, book, book review, Books, cancer, Christ, christian, christianity, God, healing, hope, influence, Jesus, joy, Kurt warner, Marriage, miracle, miracles, NFL, peace, pro football, RELIGION, spirituality, success, Super Bowl, thankful, truth on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday and I have been posting from Kurt Warner’s book , All Things Possible: My Story of Faith, Football, and the First Miracle Season . I thought it might be cool to get to know the QB of the Cardinals who will be playing in the big game tomorrow. He is a [...]
Kurt Warner-QB – Salvation Experience
Posted in Books, Christian Living, Current Events, Entertainment, Faith, Family, Good News, Leadership, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged Arizona Cardinals, Books, christian, christianity, football, God, hope, influence, Jesus, Kurt warner, life, life change, NFL, pro football, spirituality, success, Super Bowl on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is always more fun to watch a game when you know someone playing. The QB for the Super Bowl bound Arizona Cardinals is Kurt Warner. He and his wife are outspoken Christians. This is my third post on Mr. Warner. I am reading his Autobiography, All Things Possible, and below are quotes from the [...]
Getting to Know Kurt Warner – QB
Posted in Books, Christian Living, Current Events, Entertainment, Faith, Family, Good News, History, Leadership, RELIGION, What I'm Reading, tagged All things possible, Arizona Cardinals, biography, Books, Cardinals, christian, christianity, culture, dallas cowboys, God, influence, Jesus, Kurt warner, lifestyle, NFL, professional football, RELIGION, roger staubach, self-esteem, spirituality, St. Louis Rams, Super Bowl on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I wrote in a post on January 21, back in 2000 a friend of mine gave me a copy of Kurt Warner’s biography, All Things Possible. I put the book aside meaning to read it later and never go to it. Well, since Warner is back in the Super Bowl leading the Arizona Cardinals, I [...]
Bogus Kurt Warner Meeting Wife Story
Posted in Books, Check it Out, Christian Living, Current Events, Entertainment, Family, Good News, History, Leadership, Marriage, RELIGION, tagged Arizona Cardinals, blessings, children, christian, christianity, football, God, happiness, hope, influence, Jesus, joy, Kurt warner, lifestyle, love, Marriage, marriage counseling, NFL, parenting, pro football, relationships, RELIGION, Super Bowl, thankful on January 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In 2000, after Kurt Warner had lead the St Louis Rams to a Super Bowl win and won the MVP award, a friend of mine gave me a copy of Kurt Warner’s biography, All Things Possible. He said it was very inspirational and I should read it and pass it on. I confess. I got [...]
Reduce Money Regrets
Posted in Bible Study, Books, Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Faith, Family, Good News, LCC, Leadership, Messed Up World, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, e-note, tagged anxiety, Bible, Christ, christian, christianity, counseling, God, hope, Jesus, life, life change, lifestyle, love, peace, self-esteem, spirituality, success, texas, the secret, truth, worldview on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a weekly email to Life Connection Church in Euless, TX
Dear Friends,
It is now the coldest day of the season in DFW so far…..Just be glad you are not in Chicago or in most of the Midwest or North East…..I pray for our friends in those areas for their safety and for their ability [...]
