Easter, as a kid, was a wonderful time for me. We always got new “going to church” clothes, dyed and hunted Easter eggs, and went to the Triangle Volunteer Fire Department Country Ham Supper on Saturday and the Winston-Salem Pancake Breakfast on Easter morning before church. For many years, we got up early for the Old Salem Moravian Sunrise Service that happened in God’s Acre Cemetery in Old Salem. I can still hear the brass band playing “Up from the Grave He Arose” as the sun broke the plane of the earth and began to ascend into the sky. It was glorious!

Intimacy is a feeling of closeness and connection in an interpersonal relationship. It is essential in marriage relationships but also plays a vital role in other relationships with friends, family members, coworkers, and acquaintances. The word intimacy is derived from the Latin word “intimus,” which means ‘inner’ or ‘innermost.’ It is this internal desire that drives us deeper into all relationships.

Honesty is a core value, a virtue, and a character trait to live by daily. Honest is being truthful in what I say and do. The opposite is dishonesty. That’s straightforward and easy to understand but not always easy to do. Why can’t we be honest?

After it rains and the Sun comes back out, beautiful colors appear in the sky as a rainbow. The colors sometimes make a perfect arch and look like a curved, short streak in the sky. So, what is the rainbow’s actual shape? In reality, there’s no end to a rainbow. A...

As a former IBMer, I have participated in several Rightsizing initiatives. You may be unfamiliar with the term “Rightsizing.” Forbes describes rightsizing as the process of restructuring a business to meet new objections and increase efficiencies. In most cases, it...

I love helping people learn and grow, and I believe we can all grow. In fact, I believe that if we aren’t growing we are dead. But how can we grow?

What if I asked you to eat a bowl of baking soda or flour? That would be disgusting. But what if you took the same ingredients and added an egg, butter, milk, salt, sugar, and vanilla extract, stirred them up, poured the batter into a pan, put the pan in the oven, and...

I ask myself a question: “What would it feel like if I wasn’t rushed?” I am not sure I know. Truth is, I can’t image what that would feel like because rushing here and there has become a way of life for me—not only for me but for so many. When you look at our world today, rushing is at epidemic levels.

Recently, I experienced a trifecta in my life. No, I did not pick the top three horses in order (1-2-3) in a horse race and win a big prize. However, I had three major life events happen in the same week.

When we think of Daniel in the Bible, the story of the lions’ den usually comes to mind (see Daniel 6). It certainly was a heroic moment in the life of this great man of God.
And when we think of Daniel’s friends—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—our minds go to the story of the fiery furnace (see Daniel 3).