My Dad who is 91 years old, is getting hip replacement surgery this morning. Why? Because he is planning on living a while yet and is planning for the future. He still drives the car, mows the lawn, and works in his woodshop and plans to continue to do so as long as the Lord [...]
Are you a trail blazer or a travel agent? That question posed by John Maxwell really hits to the heart of leadership. A trail blazer goes where others haven’t been and makes a path for others to follow. Another way of saying it is they are willing to go where they are sending others. A [...]
Communication is an all important aspect of each of our lives. We all know that communication consists of three things, words, tone and body language. We are told by those who know a lot more on this subject than I do, that in our communication, our words make up the smallest portion of what we [...]
I know each of you are desiring to have an even more intimate relationship with Jesus than you are currently experiencing. I know I am! I am so grateful for the intimacy that I am currently walking in, but just like my relationship with my wife Bonnie, I desire more. One of the main reasons [...]
You are contagious! How many times have you ever come up to someone and their first words to you are, “You better stay away from me, I have this terrible cold and I wouldn’t want you to get it!” And you obliged by keeping your distance, not needing to be told a second time. [...]
I am sitting here drinking coffee in the Bahney House Café. My son and I meet here every Monday morning at 6:00 AM for coffee. (Pic Attached) When I walked into this building for the first time in the summer of 2010, it was a hotel that had been closed down by the town officials [...]
Access denied! How often have you had those words come up on your screen when you tried to log in, view, or access a particular site, program, or data source. What! Why won’t it let me in? Doesn’t’ it know who I am? Obviously no, it doesn’t or you would have been granted access. I [...]
I recently read the book “Crucial Conversations - Tools for Talking When the Stakes Are High” by Kerry Patterson and Joseph Grenny. Like me, I am sure there have been many times in your life where you have had crucial conversations that you have not handled as best as you would have liked. Here is [...]
Who cares anyway? I read a report a number of weeks ago in USA Today that said 40,000 people in America take their lives every year. 40,000?.... A 747, in a three class configuration, carries 416 passengers so that is like 96 airplanes going down every year. Many of those 40,000 individuals have been telling [...]
Max Depree said "In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be, by remaining what we are." I think many times we are focusing on the wrong things or even the wrong time frame. We have a tendency to focus on the present and how we are doing [...]