Jun
15
2020
We are in an intense and painful season of humanity. As a former basketball coach, I need to call a TIMEOUT. Coaches know teams need to reset when the game gets out of control. It appears to me, our...
Jun
12
2020
A friend said to me, "I feel like I am walking in quicksand because life is so difficult these days.'' Quicksand is soft, cannot support weight, and has the ability to trap a person. Maybe you feel that way also.Still, many...
Jun
11
2020
LIFE IS A RACE. For some, this means a long-distance marathon (maybe a decathlon?); for others, 400-meter hurdles. Too many live only long enough to run a 100-meter dash. The successful launch into orbit of the Hubble Satellite in 1990...
Jun
08
2020
With bold confidence, strong conviction, passion, and compassion, I, Fred Crowell, proclaim without God and His hope, I have no firepower to beat cancer, nothing but anger about CV-19, and deep sorrow for the current hardships facing the world in...
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...
