Archive for March, 2010
Today @ The Gathering: I Will Serve a Noble Cause (or wander aimlessly through life, bored, broken, beat-up and bitter)
You have two choices in life, it seems to me: one, be a taker, the other, be a giver.
The takers are easy to spot. We’ve seen them, been abused by them; some of us are even married to them: people who just seem to wander aimlessly through life, taking … More
Number One Reason Why Marriages in America Break Up
Marriage in America is in trouble because Americans don’t seem to know what it takes to be married over a lifetime.
We’re great at getting married. As a matter of fact, television is filled with shows about picking out dresses, and getting married, and brides gone wild, and a thousand … More
Women Aren’t Worth as Much as Men?
Often I hear people longing for the good old days; days in which the internet, global commerce, and economic downturn were just ideas and concepts we studied in school. And while I agree, there are some things in the past that we’ve lost that we should have kept, there are … More
Today @ The Gathering: I Will Live Courageously (Why it’s always right to do right)
Sometimes we think we are the only ones who live in a world where we constantly face fear, frustration, and futility. But nothing could be further from the truth.
There is no way to grow out of the need to respond to the challenges of life, to compromise, do wrong, … More
Tomorrow @ The Gathering We’re Going to Talk About Where You Get Your Courage and What to Do With It Once You Get It
We live in days that can shake the faith of even the strongest among us. And what we need today more than anything else as we face this brave new world that is evolving into existence around us, is courage; not certainty, not clarity, not even a risk-free existence, but … More
If You Love Your Wife, Everything Else is Fixable. If You Don’t, Nothing Matters
It is a true statement that “If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy, period.”
Maybe you’ve heard that. It’s said a lot here in Tennessee. But I’ve seen it to be true in so many lives. Paula and I have sat across the table from famous and rich people who … More
