I came across this article by D. James Kennedy written in 2002…..You always hear a lot of talk about our founding fathers and whether they were Christian or not. It is obvious when reading their writings that a good portion of them were Christian, some were deists. If that subject is interesting too you, I [...]
Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Thomas Jefferson: Deist or Christian?
Posted in Check it Out, Christian Living, Church, History, Leadership, Quotes, RELIGION, tagged christian, christianity, founding fathers, History, presidents, RELIGION, spirituality, truth, worldview on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Jackson Movie Review
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, History, movies, tagged culture, Entertainment, fun, Michael Jackson, movie review, movies, this is it on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have not been to see This Is It, the part documentary-part concert film about Michael Jackson. Lisa really wants to see it, so i am sure we will work it into our schedule in the next week.
I have heard from several people who have been and the responses to the MJ film have all [...]
GHS Turns it Around
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Good News, History, tagged football, Grapevine Mustangs, high school, sport, sports on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am blessed to be able to work with the GHS Football Mustangs as their chaplain. After a very tough year last year, new Coach Henigan and his staff has done a great job turning around the Mustangs. Tonight we will be playing Trinity. Both teams are coming into the game 4-0 in district play.
Here [...]
What Are Christian Writers Saying About the Issues?
Posted in Check it Out, Christian Living, Current Events, Entertainment, History, RELIGION, tagged ACORN, christian, christianity, conservative, culture, defense of marriage act, God, health care, influence, Jesus, liberal, lifestyle, media, news, news media, politics, racism, RELIGION, tea parties, worldview on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I get emails every day, even though I have requested several times to be taken off their list, from conservative political groups trying to enlighten me on what the left is doing. Many times they are hateful and they are very aggressive.
So do you wonder like I do, if someone would just kind of give [...]
9/11:Reminder We Are Not in Control
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Faith, Good News, History, LCC, Leadership, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, e-note, tagged 9-11, 9/11, anxiety, Bible, Christ, christian, christianity, devotional, God, Jesus, joy, Life Connection Church, lifestyle, marriage counseling, peace, politics, RELIGION, spirituality, truth on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is my weekly email to friends and family of Life Connection Church in Euless, TX
Dear Friends and Family,
I hope you will take a moment out of your day to pray for all the people who have been hurt due to the most terrible events that occurred on Sept 11, 2001. Wikipedia reports that including [...]
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 [...]
“50″ – Time Flies Whether Having Fun or Not
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Faith, Family, Good News, History, LCC, Leadership, My Church, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, e-note, tagged 50th birthday, Bible, birthday, blessings, Christ, christian, christianity, fun, God, happiness, hope, influence, Jesus, joy, life, Life Connection Church, lifestyle, love, spirituality, success, the secret, turning 50 on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
weekly enote to friends and family of Life Connection Churchin Euless, TX
Dear Friends,
Well…I have been thinking about this off and on since 8/22/08….In the last few months the introspective thoughts have become more intense, the prayers more frequent, and dog-gone- it…the emotions about life in general have been cranked up and are much more urgent. Tomorrow I turn 50. [...]
Jealous of Success
Posted in Classic, Current Events, Entertainment, History, Leadership, Quotes, tagged d-day, forget, france, humor, jealousy, Leadership, omaha beach, success, USA on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I get a lot of emails sent and forwarded to me about every topic you can imagine. Some are true, and probably many are not. Some are funny and others are in really poor taste. I thought this was funny.
We are often jealous of success. People of people, business of business, churches of churches, and [...]
Video: Genius Plan for Economic Recovery (Funny)
Posted in Current Events, History, Leadership, tagged california, economic recovery plan, economy, funny, video on July 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is a pretty funny video. It reminds me of the not so smart Miss Teen Usa. This is a young lady in California with some of her ideas on how to rescue the economy of California at some counsel meeting. I am surprised at how long they gave her the Mic.
“Food [...]
Number of Skeptics on Climate Change Swelling
Posted in Check it Out, Current Events, History, Leadership, tagged Al Gore, Climate Change, culture, economy, global warming, Global Warming Skeptics, influence, lifestyle, Man Made Climate Change, politics, Strassel, truth, wsj on June 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I posted an article in October last year on an MIT study in which they believe from the data that Global warming is not caused by humans. It has had more hits than any other post on this blog. The link to that post is here….
I believe there are two sides to every story and [...]
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 [...]
New Business Grads Promise to be Ethical
Posted in Current Events, Good News, History, Leadership, Messed Up World, tagged life, culture, influence, lifestyle, Business, morality, ethics, Harvard Business School, Graduates, MBA, NY Times on May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a start. About 20% of of students graduating from Harvard Business School with an MBA have signed a voluntary student lead oath to commit to doing business as a manager to “serve the greater good”. ”It promises that Harvard M.B.A.’s will act responsibly, ethically and refrain from advancing their “own narrow ambitions” at the expense of others.”
In a world [...]
Thanks for the Tribute to War Heroes Ms. Noonan
Posted in Check it Out, Current Events, Entertainment, Good News, History, Leadership, tagged editorial, hero, heroes, influence, life, lifestyle, memorial day, peace, Peggy Noonan, politics, thankful, war heroes on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I really like Peggy Noonans article this week “Those who make us say Oh!” It is a tribute to war heroes.
I have a hard time understanding why some people are made heroes today. Athletes, Musicians, and movie stars are worshiped because they are doing something they love and making bizillions of dollars…..
A hero by definition [...]
Gallup Poll: First Time More Americans Pro-Life than Pro-Choice
Posted in Check it Out, Current Events, Faith, Family, Good News, History, Leadership, Messed Up World, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged children, culture, hope, influence, life, life change, lifestyle, love, parenting, politics, RELIGION, worldview on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is an interesting poll from Gallup. I wonder how much technology that now shows the baby/fetus is not just a viable tissue but a baby has effected the numbers? It is possible also that the aggressiveness at going at abortion by the media and liberal politicians has moved people who were kind of on [...]
Teen Study: Telling Teens to Use Protection Encourages Sex
Posted in Check it Out, Christian Living, Current Events, Family, Good News, History, Messed Up World, PG Required, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged abstinence, anxiety, Bristol Palin, children, christianity, contraception, counseling, culture, influence, life, life change, lifestyle, Linda Chavez, Marriage, Palin, parenting, parenting teens, politics, relationships, self-esteem, teen pregnancy, Teen Pregnancy Awareness Day, teens, worldview on May 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I came across this article today by Linda Chavez. Ms. Chavez serves on the board of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. With the Bristol Palin baby and breakup with boyfriend this has become a hot issue in the media. Miss Palin is being nailed to the wall for being an advocate for [...]
Doodlers Pay More Attention
Posted in Check it Out, Current Events, Good News, History, Leadership, Self-Help, Stress, tagged anxiety, counseling, culture, fun, happiness, influence, lifestyle, public speaking, self-esteem, speech, success, teaching, thankful on April 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have always been a doodler….I mostly draw faces, arrows, and squares. My staff laughs at my doodling and I have been accused of not paying attention, because I doodle……I know I pay attention. I usually come out of a meeting or a class with a doodled up paper, quality notes, and a pretty good [...]
WSJ – God Still Isn’t Dead
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Faith, History, Messed Up World, RELIGION, tagged christian, christianity, God, influence, Jesus, RELIGION, spirituality, worldview on April 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I guess forever people have been trying to write off God. Newsweek has an article this week called The end of Christian America. Our President told Muslims that America is not a Christian country, although at least 3/4 of Americans call themselves Christan. It only makes sense that the attack on God would come on [...]
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 [...]
Reagan and Gorbachev – Reagan tries to give inner peace while talking world peace
Posted in Christian Living, Evangelism, Faith, Family, Good News, History, Leadership, Quotes, tagged american history, christian, christianity, culture, God, Gorbachev, History, influence, Jesus, peace, politics, president reagan, relationships, RELIGION, Ronald reagan, spirituality, worldview, wsj on March 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
James Mann of the Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting article this week on the Reagan and Gorbachev summit meetings in the the mid 1980s. The Article is titled: Did Reagan Try to Convert Gorbachev? Thanks to Bob Repass for passing this on to me….
It is obvious in the recorded conversations that Reagan had more [...]
Study: Teens Who Listen to Songs About Sex More Likely to Have Sex
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Current Events, Faith, Family, History, Leadership, Marriage, Messed Up World, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged anxiety, behavior, children, christian, christianity, counseling, culture, Garbage in-Garbage out, GIGO, God, influence, Jesus, life, lifestyle, lyrics, media, music, parenting, parenting teens, positive thinking, preteen, relationships, RELIGION, self-esteem, spirituality, teens, thought, truth, worldview on March 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I don’t know if the term is really used any more. But I remember in my Computer Science class at Northlake College, in 1977, learning the phrase GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out). According to Wikipedia, “It is used primarily to call attention to the fact that computers will unquestioningly process the most nonsensical of input [...]
