Cornerstone Moments

It is gridiron football season in America. I took a few minutes last Sunday to watch a bit of the game so many crave and spend tons of time viewing from September to February each season. I focused mostly on the wide receivers because I attended a birthday party for...

Sometimes that which we intend to avoid has the greatest impact on us.  That is often something, someone or some place that we know the least about and are therefore the least attracted to and the most uncomfortable with.  That normally happens to me in choices of...

Jesus is one of the most impactful people to walk the face of the earth even though He was here for only 33 years.  My baby sister was with us for 33 years also and had a significant impact on some lives, but nothing can compare with Jesus’ life.  He fed multitudes,...

Have you ever had your vacation or business plans surprisingly or suddenly altered? Hurricanes have a way of doing that, as Dorian recently did. That was the second time for me that a trip was changed due to a massively destructive hurricane. Yet my altered schedule...

I was talking with a friend recently who was taking a family vacation driving through New England with an eleven-year-old son. Remember those seeming endless car rides, when much of the conversation was based around the question “Are we there yet”? Have you ever...

The hot summer has brought back memories of my childhood. When I was a youngster, I loved competing down in the river with friends to see who could tread water the longest. At that time there was serious value in those games. We built strength and fitness, we...

I want to tell you a short feel-good story about a young man that I know.  His name is Ryan Layman and he is achieving some amazing things in his young life. This weekend he is graduating from Air Force flight school and will be flying A-10 Warthogs.  Wow! I feel very...

You may or may not know that golf is diminishing in popularity across the U.S. and some attribute cost and time required to play as the causes for reduced participation. For me, a reduction in interest is summed up in two words – back stiffness. I played through pain...

Whenever we gain something, we give up something.  Time off for refreshment and recharging is very important to our wellbeing and productivity.  Therefore, vacations are critical to our life success. The problem is that there is almost always a void when people are...

It is baseball season. Home runs and stolen bases are common, but if you didn’t know what they were, they wouldn’t exactly be self-explanatory. A home run would mean running to your house or home. Stealing bases would land you in jail. I played a fair amount of...