True Grit

If you were born in the post-John Wayne movie era, it’s quite likely that you’ve never seen the original Western film True Grit. And if you’ve never seen True Grit, you’re probably only living to a fraction of your potential. Well, that’s probably not true. However, it is true that to reach your full potential you will need to have true grit. No great mission…

Waiting to exhale

“Runners, take your mark…get set…” Now hold it right there. Did you notice the peculiar rituals that the Olympic sprinters went through at the beginning of their races in our recent Olympic games? They not only performed weird, probably superstitious, stretching routines, but they also took forever before they stopped fidgeting and fussing in the starting blocks. That’s a common thing for sprinters. They take…

The power of positive (or negative) thinking

For just a moment forget whatever positive or negative stereotypes or opinions you may have about teachings (both Christian or non-Christian) on the subject of the power of our thoughts, and ponder the following verse: “As (a man) thinks in his heart, so is he.” (Proverbs 23:7, NKJV) The word “thinks” in this passage is the Hebrew word “Sha’ar” and it means, “to split, to…

Summer Reading Program–Commitment Three

Grace Church Summer Reading Program: Lord, Make My Life a Miracle by Ray and Anne Ortlund. Commitment Three: Give yourself to this needy world “If you could shrink the whole world of people down to just 100 in number, out of the 100 there would be: 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere, both North and South America, and 8 Africans. 52 would be female;…