Apr
24
2019
Former NBC Camps student-athlete Jay Huff on April 8th helped the Virginia Cavaliers win the collegiate men's basketball national championships in Minneapolis. This past season he was ranked as the #15 power forward in the nation. One year earlier,...
Apr
21
2019
A recent phone conversation with my sister began like this:
"I love you, sis!"
"I love you, too."
"Can I ask you a question on this Good Friday?"
"I knew you were going to ask me a question."
"What do you think I'm going...
Apr
16
2019
Sergio
"Fred, may I tell you what happened to me two months ago?" asked Sergio Quinonez. For 15 years, Sergio has been our family friend. He has a very important and challenging position at the amazing Esperanza resort in Cabo...
Apr
15
2019
The creative genius of the Grand Master's paintbrush was making two-thirds of our planet, Earth, oceans!
How is it possible to be near the ocean, yet never stop to contemplate this miracle?
This is not a difficult question, nor without a logical,...
Apr
13
2019
When does a house become a home and a home become a house?
All of life experience is both mystery and fascination to me. Brilliant human performance guru, Paul Nakai, tells us, “Curiosity is the highest form of emotional intelligence.”
Curiosity leads...
Apr
11
2019
Danny Glover played a rough, good guy in SILVERADO. Glover wore a pair of six-shooters with many bullets on his over-the-shoulders belt. When his partners greeted him to confront their enemies, with steely eyes and shining teeth, Glover drew...
Apr
10
2019
Throughout all ages, humankind has debated the innate nature of man. Is man inherently good, or is man inherently evil? This is the crucible life question.
Interweaving life and speculation, Plato wrote his Socratic dialogue masterpiece, Republic. His premise: Man...
Apr
09
2019
King Solomon said in Proverbs 27:17 that "Iron sharpens iron" and "a true friend sticks closer than a brother" in Proverbs 18:24. We become more efficient, we are refined as we sharpen each other. A great example was Jonathan...
Apr
08
2019
One of the many life-giving stories by President Abraham Lincoln is about his decision not to hire a well-qualified man for a cabinet position. Several colleagues questioned Lincoln.
Colleagues: "Why will you not hire this highly qualified man?"
Lincoln: "I don't like his face."
Colleagues: "That is...
Apr
06
2019
"The day basketball season ended, my second love, baseball began. Throwing strikes was my passion." - Fred
Where do you go mentally and or physically when life seems to be sucking the air out of you?
There are so many ways...
