Easter—Worship or Worshow?

“God proved His love on the Cross.  When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.’”  ~Billy Graham Our church (Ginghamsburg Church) had an amazing Easter celebration last weekend.  I have to believe nobody throws a better party for Jesus than we do…of course I’m biased. With…

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Give it away…

“There is a mythical law of nature that the three tings we crave most in life–happiness, freedom and peace of mind–are always attained by giving them to someone else.”  ~Peyton C. March I love this quote and totally agree and it causes me to ponder whether the opposite is also true:  “The 3 things we…

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Do or Do Not

“Do, or do not.  There is not ‘try.’”  ~Yoda (Star Wars) Some of those who stop in inns are given beds, while others having no beds stretch themselves on the floor and sleep as soundly as those in beds.  In the morning, when night is over, all alike get up and leave the inn, carrying…

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Approval Addiction

Great freedom is gained when the constant need of approval from others is lost. The thought above came to me on a long bike ride the other day…3 hours with just me and my committee in my head generates some amazing stuff.  🙂 Somewhere along the line, the human mind has been trained to want to…

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Deep and Still

“True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.”  ~Frederick Wood Nuff Said! Proverbs 23:12, “Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.” P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com

Random Thoughts

“The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.”  ~Albert Einstein A couple of times a year I perform a cleansing of my brain through a purging process that involves transferring “random thoughts” from the committee in my head, to my blog and to all of my faithful readers. So here…

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Less is More

“Do you wish to rise?  Begin by descending.  You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds?  Lay first the foundation of humility.”  ~Saint Augustine We just went through the seven week season of Lent and for those of you who followed the HabitFast Journey tips of praying, preparing, planning and journaling you have hopefully…

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Search & Aspire to Be…

Never mind searching for who you are.  Search for the person you aspire to be.  ~Robert Brault Tomorrow starts another season of Lent.  Although I’m not into religious rites, rituals and ceremonies, Lent has become an opportunity for me to give up something in order to draw closer to God which is my True Power…

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Creating Self instead of Finding Self

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself.  But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.  ~Thomas Szasz Nuff Said.  P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 4:10, “Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.   I instruct you in the…

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Successful

A few days ago a friend of mine sent me a gapingvoid cartoon/scribble that went like this: how to be successful————>  1. find out what matters————–> 2. find out who matters————> 3.carry on. Nuff Said! gapingvoid images may be found at www.gapinvoid.com…good stuff!     P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com 1 Thessalonians 5:21, “But test everything; hold fast…

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