Encouraging Extraordinary!

Christmas mornings as kids, my sister and I woke up really early. Many times we were sent back to bed for another hour or two.  Trying to...

Happiness seems to be at an all time lull. The 80’s, 90’s, 2000's were times of such growth for square footage of homes, the increase...

“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 (ESV) I have a friend who is ...

In February 2013, The Torchbearer Magazine ran a story about Falling in Love at UT.  I submitted this article. You can see all the articles...

What’s your story? Reba loved a good story. She loved to read them. She loved to hear them. And she loved to tell them, even if she didn’t a...

Sitting in the largest room in all of Gatlinburg, 45 minutes from my childhood home,   with a group of Senior Adults I had brought from...

When the kids were young, my wife and I tried to help our kids see the power of God revealed through prayer. W e said prayers with them an...