Bendiciones ocultas
Pazyryk es uno de los lugares más remotos del planeta. Se encuentra en una meseta a 2,400 metros de altura, rodeada por montañas que alcanzan los 4,200 metros, en el corazón de Siberia. Pazyryk es un lugar frío y desolado. Nunca se han encontrado asentamientos humanos allí. Durante siglos permaneció prácticamente olvidado, hasta que surgió […]
Hidden Blessings
Pazyryk is one of the remotest places on earth. It is located on an 8,000-foot-high plateau surrounded by 14,000 foot mountains in Siberia. Pazyryk is empty and cold. No settlements have ever been found. It was mostly forgotten until a rumor that gold was possibly located in an ancient Scythian burial site motivated an expedition […]
A Great Relationship Secret
Since the year 2000, Amy and I have conducted marriage enrichment seminars, called Honeymoon For Life. Almost 12,000 couples have attended, many more than once. These seminars are offered each February. Since the COVID lockdown we have offered a popular online option. As we prepared for this year’s event, I remembered a story I often […]
Don’t Worry Be Happy
Jerry Falwell was often under stress and often attacked. He was under relentless pressure and carried huge responsibilities. He was also one of the happiest people I have ever known. I was having breakfast one morning with “Doc”, as most friends called him. He had just been slandered on national television and was, in addition, […]
God Has a Plan
In 1977, Tom Helms was a 26-year-old struggling artist in New York City. Depressed over his lack of success, Tom decided to commit suicide at Christmas. He carefully surveyed the crowds going in and out of the Empire State Building and calculated the best time to enter the building to carry out his plan. He […]
Believe in Your Plan
Masaru Ibuka co-founded Sony with his friend, Akio Morita. As the company grew, Ibuka was considered too eccentric to be trusted with any authority so he was made “honorary chairman”, an invented position with no power. In the mid-1970s Sony engineers created the Pressman, a miniature recorder designed for people who wanted a portable recorder. […]
Teamwork
George was born in Warm Springs, Georgia where his father owned a small grocery store. After an economic downturn, young George moved to Atlanta where he failed at EVERYTHING. He tried and failed: As a cab driver Selling shoes Selling candy Delivering groceries Eventually he moved to Florida and worked in a Piggly Wiggly grocery […]
Trusting God
On one of my speaking tours of Australia, my family and I stayed in Melbourne. We were accommodated in a small, charming hotel on the edge of a stunning city park. Early each morning, I ran through the park, under gigantic eucalyptus trees, as hundreds of bright colored birds flew overhead. It was a paradise. […]
The Power of Grace
I heard this recently from a person who is very special to me. He is a gifted, honest Christian leader who has inspired and influenced thousands of people for God’s Kingdom. He told me about his involvement in a corporate conference with dozens of individuals who had come for training and advancement. During one Tuesday […]
From Failure to Success
Ken wrote two books for children while working at The Bank of England. The books were popular, and parents continually wrote the publisher asking for more. But Ken disliked writing and disappeared from publishing for almost 20 years. Finally an American magazine sent their best agent to persuade Ken to write again. She wrote the […]