I am blessed to work as Co-Director for a faith-based, not-for-profit called E-PRO Plus (go to www.EProPlus.org). E-PRO Plus provides mentoring plus the teaching of life skills for boys ages 10 to 18 who do not have an active father-figure in their life. Our goal is to come alongside these boys, doing our best to […]
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Holy Moments – Making a Difference Now
“But eventually all of our graves go unattended.” This quote is attributed to Conan O’Brien after being dismissed from his dream job of hosting The Tonight Show for fewer than eight months. An interesting quote if not a little dark. If nothing else, it might give one reason to contemplate cremation. But, instead of thinking […]
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When I joined Shine.FM radio in October 2019, I didn’t realize that my part-time Business Development position would be life changing. But, it has been. From the day I joined Shine.FM and began to meet more people from Olivet Nazarene University (Bourbonnais, IL), something became very clear to me – by their example I learned […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Back in December 2019, I wrote a blog entitled “What Really Matters?” I wanted to ask that question for a number of reasons but mainly because I knew 2020 would be a tumultuous year in this country. Lack of employee engagement in the workplace, generational differences, mental health issues, the rising number of teen suicides […]
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Last Saturday my alarm clock woke me at 4:30 AM. That would give me time to shave, shower, get dressed and drive the 44 miles to the ice rink where I had been assigned to officiate two youth hockey games. The first game would start at 7 AM. I arrive at the rink in total […]
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