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What We Can Learn from 9/12?

The morning of 9/12 was marked by a deep sorrow.  So many innocent lives had been lost on 9/11, the day before.  But for many that day also marked another tragedy.  It was a day millions of people became paralyzed………. by fear. The most outward demonstration of this fear was the silence in the skies.  All flights in the United …

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Three Life Principles that Lead to Living Fully Alive

Many years ago, in a galaxy far far away, there was a television commercial promoting beer.  The commercial featured several young people precariously perched on a catamaran sailing through the water.  As spray hit the lens of the camera, a dramatic voice announced, “You only go around once! Reach for all the gusto you can get.”  Then the ad encouraged …

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You have Cancer! Words Remembered, Now with Gratitude!

You have Cancer! Those words, spoken to my wife Diane, hit us like a sucker punch to the stomach.  There had been tests and then three weeks of cruel waiting for the results.  Finally the trip to the doctor, another eternal hour of torturous waiting and then the words…….. You have cancer! Today, Diane and I are celebrating the fact …

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This is the Reason I will Endure one more Security Screening.

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 …