When we speak of physical strength and overall conditioning, a fair amount of attention is given to strengthening the core – the abdominal area of your body.  This region houses many of the vital organs of your body – and serves as the physical power center of your body.
When we speak of spiritual strength – [...]

“What’s new?”  Sometimes it’s another way to say, “Hello.”  At other times it’s a real question – it’s a way of asking for a life update; “I’d like to know what’s been going on recently in your life.”
At times that simple question can be hard to answer.  “There’s nothing new under the sun;” that’s what [...]

Does what you do today really matter? In all reality, you can get away with just about anything – particularly if you try to conceal it.  Yet, what you do is very important whether it is detected and understood by others or not.
Life at its core is relational.  And what you do will always affect your [...]

“Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?”  Many of us know this opening line from the nursery rhyme, though we probably haven’t a clue as to what it is actually talking about.  Whatever was specifically intended, it most certainly has some reference to growing “Mary’s” sphere of influence. 
Most of us would like to [...]

“Repetition, repetition, repetition – that’s the key,” said the strange elderly woman.  As I was running this morning, a peculiar woman with a cane stopped, began to make unnatural gestures with her hands, looked into my eyes and kept repeating the above phrase.  As I continued to run, I pondered her comment.  “Is repetition really [...]