Oct
29
2015
Greetings from the Garden Island of Kauai. Few places on earth match the breathless beauty of Kauai.
Furthermore, nowhere do I travel where the spirit of ALOHA greeting is so rich, and so much more than just hello. As I...
Oct
27
2015
These past 30 hours have been lived in the fashion of a Crowell Core Value. I called it EEA (Exceed Expectations Always). Up at 2:30 to catch a 5am flight to Southern California, all day meetings at Vanguard University;...
Oct
23
2015
I marvel studying the world of dogs. Much more than cats, I understand dogs; they are predictable.
Early each morning my predictable friend Keiki comes to my office to sit on my lap while I take the interior journey to be in...
Oct
21
2015
Clean car, clean house, clean body clean mind, clean heart - makes me feel good!
I confess I love CLEAN! Never ceases to amaze me how GOOD I feel after a "cleaning project".
Yet, more often than not the idea of cleaning turns...
Oct
08
2015
For a boy who grew up in a small Washington state town, the Big Apple can be overwhelming.
Last night walking through Time Square to the Rockefeller Center with our Alaska friends it seemed there were more people there than...
Oct
04
2015
TRUISM: HURTING PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE
As I read Matthew's account of the brutality, taunting and abuse the ROMAN soldiers inflicted upon Jesus, I reflected on the hurt, pain, destruction and suffering in our world.
Clearly so much of this is self...
Oct
02
2015
JUDAS HANGS HIMSELF- a lesson in self-destruction. Matthew 27
Breaking news October 2015
Violent man guns down people in Oregon college. He hung others and himself with a gun!
Young, brilliant man full of life is hanging himself daily; heroin is his...
Sep
30
2015
A lesson from Matthew 26
Imitation is the FATHER OF LEARNING
At a crucial moment, when Jesus was being arrested, he told Peter to put away his sword.
Sports camps can be challenging businesses. Competition is tough. Like life, people don't always play...
Sep
29
2015
The parable Matthew records in Chapter 25 uses the metaphor of ten virgins, that reminds me of a story of the miracle rescue of five men who crash landed in the Bering Sea on a return flight from Russia.
Like...
Sep
27
2015
The final week in September must be wedding weekend. The Crowell's had three invitations.
In reading the Gospels Jesus clearly spoke highly of weddings.
Yesterday my former personal assistant married. All weddings are not equal. Some even create a sense of...