For most of us, the pressures of daily life seem to overflow the empty spaces of our schedules. We work long hours at the office that give way to demands in our personal life. We get up and do it day after day. It can become isolating if we're not careful. At some...
The February 23, 2015 cover of Time magazine showed an image of a baby with the following headline: "This Baby Could Live to be 142 Years Old." With the advancement of medical technology the article was saying that babies born today could live well past 100...
Instead of Mount McKinley or Mount Kilimanjaro, the mountains of midlife could be named Mount Regrets, Mount Marriage, Mount Finance, and Mount Health among others. These loom before us, threatening to block our path. Each represents a unique challenge that confronts...
How frequently do you pray for God's protection and provision in your life? I think there is good biblical support for doing this. But what caught me off guard recently was a comment a friend made about a different kind of prayer he was praying. He asked, "How often...
I received a mailing recently that said, "Baby Boomer Retirement Course: The Rules Have Changed." It went on to talk about the "lost decade" on Wall Street that has affected the financial lives of millions of future retirees. People are wondering whether they will...
One area that seems to trip us up frequently deals with managing our expectations. Or better said, managing our unmet expectations. Without realizing it we have expectations for everything. From less serious things like how long we have to wait in line, how many red...
The best is yet to be. Do you believe that? This question is especially relevant if you're in the midlife season. Are the best years over and somehow you missed it? It may feel like it if you're living life through the rear view mirror. What if you were told that...
There is a fascinating story behind the sculpting of the statue of David by Michelangelo. It's inspiring especially when we are making new year's resolutions and realizing that many from last year did not happen. Did you know that the statue of David was made out of a...
Can you remember what you were doing at the turn of the new millennium in 2000? There was so much anticipation about what that year would bring. Now we are celebrating 2015! How have the intervening years turned out for you? Did they deliver on the dreams and plans...
How often do you see a penny on the ground and don't bother to pick it up? It doesn't have much value anymore. I discovered that pennies have incredible worth when I recently visited the 5-star Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. Earlier in the day, a fountain in the...