Success Stories

Since the early 1970s I’ve followed from afar the fortunes of Leeds United, a professional soccer (football) club in Yorkshire, in England’s North. Leeds have fallen far from the heights of their glory days in the ‘70s, and in recent times have achieved little on the soccer field.  They currently play in what is politely called…

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The Big Picture

I was driving to an airport and needed to return a rental car before I caught my flight.  Time was tight and I wasn’t sure where the rental car place was located, and although I had an address, I had no GPS. It was going to be tricky. I needed help to get where I…

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Easier Than You Think—Sharing your faith doesn’t have to be difficult!

There are times when you hear people talk about witnessing as though it’s an advanced science. Quantum mechanics. Theoretical physics. But then you hear every day, real world, true life examples of how it actually works, and you realize again that—yes—sharing your faith is something everyone can do. Successfully. Pastor Chris Buttery, Senior Pastor of the…

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“We’re Getting to That Age…”

A friend of mine messaged me. “We’re getting to that age.” And apparently we are. I haven’t had many close friends die. I’m still too young, thankfully. But that seems to be changing. While my next oldest brother lost a gaggle of friends in car accidents while he was still a teenager, I didn’t. One elementary school friend died in…

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Opportunity Lost

An interesting story emerged as a sideline to the recent Super Bowl 50 football game played between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos.  John Elway, now Denver’s General Manager and the winner of two Super Bowls as a player with Denver, was once made an extremely generous offer by the majority owner of the…

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