One of the things we talk about in our book Significant Living: A Roadmap for the Rest of Your Life is mentoring.  As we get older we have an opportunity to use our experience, knowledge and maturity to make a difference in the lives of the next generation. But it’s more than just an opportunity,

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What do you do when the sun is hidden and the storms are passing through? I’ve had a lot of those times in my life.  There have been times when it is so dark that it was hard to believe the sun was still there. I remember when I was diagnosed with colon cancer. It

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There is a legend about a rich gold mine, in the Superstition Mountains near Phoenix. It’s called the Lost Dutchman mine and was supposedly discovered around 1892, by ironically, a German prospector named Jacob Waltz. No one knows the location or even if the mine actually exists but that hasn’t stopped over 8,000 searchers with

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A little over a year ago I went for what I thought was a routine medical checkup only to find out I had a 75 % blockage in the main artery in my heart and could have dropped dead at any time. I was stunned by the news because I had no symptoms and my

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God can use uncomfortable situations to teach us lessons… even a situation involving a homeless alcoholic. I met Cecil on an alcoholic rescue run one night with my pastor. Pastor had a heart for alcoholics so there were always two or three attending church. If they didn’t show up for a couple of weeks he

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How would you like to live a rich fulfilling life with peace of mind? Silly question… of course you would, we all would. Well listen carefully, because I’m going to share one of the most important keys to achieving that life-changing goal.  It is in this simple statement. “Remember to Forget.” It came from an

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What would you do if you had a neighbor that not only didn’t want you on the block, but was determined to tear your house down and kill you.   And what if they made it clear that making peace was out of the question, contrary to their goals and objectives. You would probably be pretty

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Do you have a dream that seems so impossible that you are ready to give up on it? Well don’t. I heard a story about a tourist in a small town where a number of famous people had been born. He said to an old timer, “I heard there have been some big people born

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Do you know that a healthy marriage is important to good health in general? Maybe as important as exercise and good diet. But a good marriage doesn’t just happen. It takes commitment to a good relationship. Communication is the key to a healthy marriage. Shirley and I have been married 43 years and there are

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Either Arleen Ocasio has a problem with God or she’s just following the orders of the Veterans Administration. There’s got to be a reason she has so blatantly trampled on 1st Amendment rights of two veterans organizations and the National Memorial Ladies. Ocasio is the Director of VA National Cemetery in Houston, Texas where the

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