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 […]
Open Your Eyes
After leaving the Royal Air Force at the end of World War Two, Edward Craven-Walker was eating in a restaurant in Hampshire, England. While enjoying his meal he noticed an unusual glass object on the counter. When he asked what it was, the server said it was an egg-timer. The server explained that when you […]
Reading People
In 1965 Francois Truffaut was one of the most famous movie directors in the world. He was the leader of the French New Wave in cinema, an innovative approach that pioneered unusual camera angles and lighting. His talents were in high demand. When the actress Leslie Caron, a friend of Truffaut, was filming a movie […]