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David Gerrold said, “Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.” Sometimes it just seems like we might as well give up. Life is hard. But we don’t want to give up; we want to keep believing that… Continue reading 11/30/15: The Get-Through-It Formula

As I sit enjoying Thanksgiving weekend football on television, I’m amazed by the precision of a quarterback’s pass. Disregarding the noise of the crowd, the QB must keep his eyes pealed downfield, usually in the face of 250 – 300 pound linemen rushing to make mincemeat of him if they can. He has to keep… Continue reading 11/28/15: Me? A Quarterback?

            In the book of Ezekiel, God gives the prophet all kinds of specific details about the temple and how the people of God should act in relation to it. Ezekiel 46:9 especially caught my attention. “But when the people of the land come before the Lord on the appointed feast days,… Continue reading 112715: Leave Different

In 2000, I missed Thanksgiving. I was in Europe on a Tale of Two Cities field trip. The school vacation days made that time of year the best time for us to go. Our group had a fabulous time in London doing incredible things like seeing Big Ben and touring Buckingham Palace. After several days… Continue reading 11/26/15 – It’s Thanksgiving!

  As we enter the end-of-the-year holiday season, I think back on being a child. It seemed to take Christmas so long to get here. Even so, I loved all the preparations that made the big day so exciting. Hunting for and finding the perfect live tree, and then helping Daddy center it in the… Continue reading 11/25/15: Be Honest – Patience is Tough

Hello Blog Readers, Here’s another sneak peak at Life That Matters with  Sharon Norris Elliott from the Holy Spirit Broadcasting Network. This is the interview I conducted with my own great pastor, Rev. Welton Pleasant II of Christ Second Baptist Church in Long Beach, CA. http://www.hsbn.tv/_demand/[life-that-matters]%20011.html Let me know how much you enjoy this interview! Then… Continue reading Sharon’s HSBN.tv Interview with Pastor Welton Pleasant

Everything God made and gives is good. Read Genesis chapter one and you’ll discover that every creative word God spoke came instantly into being and was judged as good. James 1:17 tells us, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is… Continue reading 11/16/15: Fight for Our Kids

We read in the Old Testament about the priests who were in charge of everything pertaining to the sanctuary and the temple. All the priests were Levites, descendants of Levi, one of Jacob’s 12 sons. Their livelihood came from the offerings of the people and their job was to take care of the sanctuary – God’s dwelling… Continue reading 11/13/15: Sanctuary Maintenance

In the United States, November 11th is Veteran’s Day, a holiday set aside to honor the men and women who have served our country so valiantly in wars, political actions, and skirmishes both at home and abroad. They’ve done so in the original Revolutionary War in which the point of the battle was to secure freedom from British… Continue reading 11/11/15 Thank You for Your Service

As basketball fans, we find ourselves often yelling the hopeful chant, “De-fense! (clap, clap) De-fense!” What we mean is that we want our team to stop the other team from gaining an advantage. You see, when our team is on defense, the other team has the ball. Without our team’s intervention, the opponent could score.… Continue reading 8/12/15: De-Fense