by marshal | Oct 18, 2007 | Lessons Learned, Priorities
The tension was palpable. The soccer game was tied 1-1 and exhausted players pushed on into the second overtime. I turned to the person next to me and said, “I surely hope we can outlast them.” A beautiful header into the left corner of the goal brought...
by marshal | Jul 12, 2007 | Lessons Learned, Priorities, Stewardship
One of my high school employers taught me that "Hard work can lead to great benefit"– whether loading bales of hay or hand picking bugs off his roses. He lauded persistence, patience and perseverance. Sweat was a good thing! However, in today's...
by marshal | Jun 14, 2007 | Lessons Learned, Priorities, Stewardship
On a trip to Central Asia, I met a wonderful man who had been born and raised in Afghanistan. His story captivated me. From a practicing Muslim family, he had discovered the claims of Jesus while in university in the Middle East. He made the incredibly difficult...
by marshal | Jun 7, 2007 | Lessons Learned, Priorities, Stewardship
The elegant remnants of the architecture and sculptured buildings of Eastern Europe left a great impression on me when visiting in 1990. These edifices had survived the bombs of World Wars I and II and the wear and tear of 50 years of communism. Graffiti had not come...
by marshal | May 31, 2007 | Lessons Learned, Priorities
I rarely think about the 16-20 breaths I take every minute or the 70-90 times my heart beats each minute. Yet if my lungs didn’t breathe and my heart didn’t beat, in less than two minutes, my life would be in jeopardy. Amazingly, the thought of breathing...
by marshal | May 10, 2007 | Lessons Learned, Priorities
"Praise God from whom all blessings flow" – Singing the doxology in church as a young boy, I imagined that "all blessings" encompassed only good events, victories and successes. As a man, however, I have slowly come to understand that...
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