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Your Red Marble Debt

William Peterson, a traveler, stopped at Miller’s General Store where he overheard a conversation between Mr. Miller and a little boy dressed in tattered clothes. His name was Billy. Billy was admiring the peas when Mr. Miller asked, “Billy, would you like to take some of them peas home?” Billy mumbled, “I aint got no money.” Mr. Miller said, “Well, you got anything to trade?” Billy replied, “All I got’s my prize marble.” Looking at the blue marble, Mr Miller said, “It’s

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Churchill's Challenge

October 29, 1941, Winston Churchills speech at the Harrow School) was an extremely short speech but incredibly powerful. A speech that continues to inspire millions 84 years later. He said… “Never give in. In nothing, great or small, large or petty. Except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never Yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. “Never give in” –meaning to NEVER yield to external forces (markets, naysayers, or critics). Never compromise your

Dec 11 min read

Mindset Manipulation

Look at the picture below and tell me what you see? Is it the profile of an “OLD UGLY” woman or a rear-side view of a younger more “VIBRANT and BEAUTIFUL” girl? Our brain is such a powerful tool, we absolutely have the ability, to shift our thoughts from “OLD UGLY” images to images that are “VIBRANT and BEAUTIFUL.” Entrepreneur magazine refers to it as Mindset Manipulation, meaning we are in complete control of how we SEE things. Of course, our perspectives are shaped by o

Nov 241 min read

Hitting the wall

Randy Pauch was a beloved professor from Carnegie Mellon, who made a speech called THE LAST LECTURE. He had terminal cancer and he wanted to spend his final days encouraging people to live life to the fullest! With power and impact, he shared his thoughts on how to achieve your dreams and how to enable others to achieve their dreams. In his speech he talked about roadblocks and hitting the brick wall. Surprisingly, he didn’t view the brick wall as an obstacle to get over,

Nov 172 min read

Identity Theft

Years ago in San Francisco, the great comedian and silent film actor, Charlie Chaplin stumbled up on a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest…he entered and didn’t even make the finals (lol) Dolly Parton, just for fun, purposely entered a similar contest and got beat out by a Drag Queen (rotfl). I want to talk to you today about Identity Theft and its rampant invasion into our lives. Identity Theft can be a real issue, especially when it comes to our Core Christian beliefs. Ma

Nov 32 min read

How poor are you?

“One day, a very wealthy father took his son on a trip to the country for the sole purpose of showing his son what it was to be poor. They spent a few days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. After their return from the trip, the father asked his son how he liked the trip? The son replied, “Dad, it was great.” The father asked, “Did you see… how poor... people can really be?” “Oh yeah,” said the son. Then the dad asked a pivotal question,

Oct 192 min read