“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all”

—Emily Dickinson

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  • Become an Inspiring Speaker Seminar

    Become An Inspiring Speaker Workshop Over the years, many people have shared with me that their dream is to become a speaker. Whether you want to speak professionally or improve your speaking style and skills, I have something exciting to… Continue reading

  • Time

    I realize that I am bouncing into the middle of another outline to interject this, but some insights just came to me about time management, mainly, my time management that seemed worth sharing. I called them into my audio blog… Continue reading

  • Links to Reading and Learning Sites

    If you love to read or learn, you’ll find what you are looking for here: Best Selling Products from TimeLife Simply Audiobooks $25 Sierra Club Membership with FREE backpack, Sierra magazine  subscription, and more! Nightingale-Conant New Releases Get 5 magazine… Continue reading

  • I just had to pass this on …

    Do traditional pastors have the courage and will to get out of the way of what God wants to accomplish if that means a threat to our lifestyles and security? Follow the links to the discussion on Dave’s pages. Continue reading

  • Roses On Our Noses

        First, I must credit Pastor Terri Purgason of Fresno First Baptist Church for inspiring these thoughts. Next, I must decide what these thoughts my be. Finally, I must type them, but not necessarily in that order. Terri was… Continue reading

  • Living the Proverbs

    A ministry in our church called Set Free introduced me to the practice of reading a chapter in Proverbs every day, corresponding to the day of the month. For instance, today’s reading was from Proverbs 16. Sometimes one will ring… Continue reading

  • This article is posted on The Religion Forum in response to my friend, Chris,  and you can comment here and/or there.  I have to confess that I take something of a "much ado about nothing" approach to the question while… Continue reading

  • Da Vinci Codes and Overloads

    First, let’s get the overload part out of the way as if I could because I have been (overloadED). It is all of my own making and that’s the way it is. But let me be the first to welcome… Continue reading

  • Politically Incorrect

    I hate to offend, but to never offend would be to never take a position on anything. And I am not sure this is a position. Nor am I sure I understand all the variables. I have been listening to… Continue reading

  • Critical and Strategic Thinking

    I am developing a workshop on critical and strategic thinking. I would value dialogue on this subject and am posting this framework as a launch pad.   How to Think Critically and Strategically   T  Topic – We must have… Continue reading