Jun
07
2020
Hundreds, possibly thousands of times, NBC camp students have told me these words, “I know my father loves me but I have never heard him say, I love you.”
Why is this so?
What makes it so difficult to say, “I...
Jun
05
2020
In today's national crisis, everyone seems to want to express their opinion. Have you noticed this? Even all the pro athletes. We must keep reminding ourselves an opinion is a viewpoint or estimation of an issue, not necessarily conclusive or...
Jun
04
2020
Have you ever been told you can't do it? I hope you replied, "Yes, I can!"
A Crowell Core Value: Never let anyone or anything stop you from doing what God has asked you to do. Truism: If you think you can,...
Jun
02
2020
Years ago in a graduate psychology class, my professor said, "I am going to ask a controversial question. I do not want you to be influenced by your classmates, so I ask you to close your eyes and not peek....
Jun
01
2020
Imagine the hopelessness one would experience under the following conditions:
Stay of execution although standing before a firing squadTen years in prisonDeath of wifeDeath of a favorite brotherA debt of approximately $850,000Obligation to write a novel within a year or...
May
29
2020
After reading yesterday's blog entitled, Prepare for Battle, my special friend in Mexico asked, "How can I identify the enemy besides CV-19?"
Enemy identification is difficult because the enemy is crafty. When I began a family and personal counseling clinic in Spokane, a...
May
28
2020
Today you and I are at war! The battle is raging and seeking to destroy us! There are forces who oppose us! Do you know your enemies? If not, I urge you to identify them. We all have battles,...
May
26
2020
Bread has been on my mind. As a boy, mom's homemade bread was worth dying for. Then, for many years my wife had Mondays as her homemade bread day. So, this week my new friend Wayne and I baked...
May
24
2020
The older I get, the more I learn about life.
The happiest people I meet and the most unpleasant people I observe confirm to me that it is not hard work but loving to work hard that is crucial to a fulfilling...
May
22
2020
We build our personal world within the global world with the words that proceed from our mouths. So, if words matter as I believe they do, perhaps the idiom TGIF is not a great thing. So what does it...
