If there is one thing that proves that all men and women are created equal, it is the issue of problems.  We all have them.  They come to us regardless of who we are, what station of life we occupy, what we own, what we control, how much we’ve been educated, or who’s on our [...]

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I read an article just the other day that Tiger Woods has now left his sexual addiction treatment center, and the report said that his wife was with him.  I thought, “Yea God!”
Wouldn’t it be great, in the shadow of this terrible tragedy, of this terrible debacle, of this display of ultimate stupidity by a [...]

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Is it just me, or does it seem that everything today is now an addiction?  We have names for diseases that I’m not all that convinced are diseases.
We live in a therapeutic society that gives us excuses for being the way we are, rather than understanding that the choices we make and the actions [...]

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As many of you know my mother passed away in May of this year.  She was the middle daughter of three girls.  Her older sister, Mildred passed away many years before.  And then over this weekend, her younger sister died.  Her name was Margie.
Margie was 81, lived a simple life, and was [...]

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As the countdown shortens to Christmas Day and we all get nearer to gathering with our families, I have one request, I beg of you.  Don’t waste this Christmas and your family get-together nursing an old slight, anger, or indiscretion.
Millions of Americans will gather in the same house, in the art of being alone, [...]

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By now we all know that Tiger Woods is mired in a PR nightmare.  Something’s going on that he’s hiding; behind what, he’s not saying.  At least, that’s what we think.  Why?  Because Tiger Woods is failing to learn one thing that is true for everyone in this brave new, wireless, wall-less world.  And [...]

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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day and I want to give a shout out to all my friends in Nashville and all around the country.  I’m thankful for you, your input, your support, your love, and just being a part of my life.
This Thanksgiving I am thanking God for a lot of things, but for some [...]

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When I went to the football game Sunday to watch the Titans play the Buffalo Bills, I had no idea that the owner of my favorite NFL franchise would be giving me the finger:  yeah, literally; not just me, but everyone else in the stadium.  I saw him do it right across the way [...]

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If you’ve been hurt, betrayed, fired, put out in the cold; if you’ve been lied to and hurt, then join the human race.
Let me be quick to say that in no way am I trying to diminish what you’ve gone through. It is hurtful to lose a job, to be betrayed by the [...]

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As you may have heard, Magic Johnson released a new book last week.  And in it he decided to take on, what appeared to the world as one of his best friends, Isaiah Thomas.
He accused Thomas of spreading rumors that Magic was gay; particularly when the news came out that he’d been infected [...]

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