Many thanks to Heather Erbe, on-air celebrity at Shine.FM radio (88.3 FM – Indianapolis) for interviewing me on one of her recent “Momcasts.” Our discussion focused on my first book, The Missing Piece – Our Search for Security in an Insecure World and how my faith and my experiences in athletics have impacted my life. Thank you, Heather and Shine.FM. […]
Click here to read the entire articleThe Sequel – Each of Us Needs to Be Our Best 9/12 Self…….Again
Yes, this is the sequel to a previous blog I wrote in January, 2020. At the time, even though I had no idea what was coming (the pandemic), I wrote about many challenges already facing us as a society. Mental health issues (depression, high anxiety, loneliness), ever-increasing suicide rates, our ‘addiction’ to technology and the […]
Click here to read the entire articleA Football Life Lesson We Can All Learn From
Over the years, football has played a major role in my life. I played organized football from 1959 through 1972 and over that period of time, I played in 113 football games (88 wins, 25 losses). Now, at 69 years of age, when I look back on it all and do the math, I realize […]
Click here to read the entire article2020: The Event of Our Lifetime
E + P + R = O Are We Living ‘the Event’ of Our Lifetime? Several years ago in my book, Coaching is Teaching at its Best! I made reference to a unique philosophy of life that is expressed as an alphabetical formula (E + R = O). This philosophy actually has its roots with […]
Click here to read the entire articleEven in the pandemic, let’s be grateful!
It’s no fun! The pandemic that is. It has impacted us all and changed what we knew as our normal lives. And now, it’s getting under our skin. People are losing their patience. We are on edge and as a country, at least in my lifetime, I’m not sure when we have ever been more […]
Click here to read the entire articleThe Never-Ending Interconnectivity of Faith, Hope and Love
Now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1st Corinthians 13:13 As I write this blog I am waking up to a world of darkness. Sure, the pandemic has been bad, but today, the darkness is real. It cuts. It hurts. For I found out last night that […]
Click here to read the entire articleBe Brave! Establish A New Identity
Who are you? How do you answer that question? If someone had asked you that question when you were 17 or 18 years old, how would you have answered it? Why do I ask the question? Let me explain. In a recent ZOOM meeting made up of both black and white Christian Businessmen, one of […]
Click here to read the entire articleLove is all we need
If you’ve read any of my blogs, you have come to know that I am a “man of faith.” I am extremely grateful for everything God has given me in this life and as I like to say, I am Beyond Blessed! Many of you who know me on a more personal level, however, also […]
Click here to read the entire articleThere is Hope for a Better Tomorrow
What Can We Learn from the COVID-19 Numbers? Lately I have been struggling with the newscasts I watch. All I seem to get is 25 minutes of scary, negative news about COVID-19 only to end the broadcast with a 30-second ‘feel good’ piece showing people riding by a hospital honking their horns and holding signs […]
Click here to read the entire articleSaying Thank You Is Not Enough
COVID-19. Just four months ago as we entered a new decade, the thought of such a virus disrupting our lives was unimaginable. For the first-time ever in American history, we now find all 50 states under a disaster declaration. The health care system has been stretched beyond its limits and thousands of people have died […]
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