The Divine Blocker

Last night our beloved Ohio State Buckeyes opened with a dominating win over Marshall.  I’ve always been a Buckeye fan but I especially enjoy watching them when they have someone on the team I feel a connection to.   Over the past 4 years our family has been rooting and pulling for Brandon Saine, the versatile [...]

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Replacing Stupid with Christ

Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me…” The other day I was talking with a group of Christians and shared with them the fact that accepting Jesus would indeed save their souls but it would not save them from “stupid.”  I got a mixed [...]

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Help!

Proverbs 11:14 (Holman CSB) “Without guidance, people fall, but with many counselors there is deliverance.” Today’s Proverb jumped out at me as I just celebrated my 23rd anniversary of sobriety on August the 9th.  I always tell people that nothing great in life happens by doing it alone.  I also know first hand that conquering [...]

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Keep the light switch “ON”

Matthew 5:14-16 (NIV) “You are the light of the world.  A city on a hill cannot be hidden.  Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.  Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.  In the same way, let your light shine before men, [...]

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Heart Check

“For the word of God is living and active.  Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 (NIV). Throughout my career as a businessman and also as an athlete I often found myself using the phrase [...]

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