the practical CHRISTian

Energy Follows Thought

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:17:43 +0000

“Energy follows thought ” These three words were my take-away from three days of leadership training. Not that everything else wasn’t good information is was just more of the same from previous training events. I probably even heard these three [...]

The Path of A Warrior

Greg Chaney — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:36:03 +0000

A warrior is a person experienced in or capable of engaging in combat or warfare, literally or figuratively. Most leaders are figurative warriors, those who show great vigor, courage, or aggressiveness in everyday challenges. Merely acting like a warrior is [...]

Starting at Zero

Greg Chaney — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:18:30 +0000

NOTE: For those who have followed this blog I apologize for a delay in posting. On March 10, 2010 we had a devistating fire that completely threw me off my routine. I posted the following article on my personal blog [...]

So You Want to be Famous

Greg Chaney — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:24:28 +0000

Why? As a father of two teenage daughters I frequently hear their friends and them state somthing akin to “I just want to do something to be famous..” I cringe every time I hear it because they envision a life of glitz, [...]

Adam’s Family Stories

Greg Chaney — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:00:46 +0000

“Boys! Settle down! Come over here. Stop bothering your brother and listen.” “Yes father,” they replied in unison jostling each other as they sit at his feet. “Remember the stories I’ve been telling you?” The father replied. “Yes, father” “Boys [...]

Skunkman

David Allen — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:00:11 +0000

Once upon a time a man lived in a little village that was overrun with skunks. This man was a good hunter and trapper and knew how to entice the skunks into cages. People would ask him to come and [...]

Type I Christian: What Really Motivates Us?

Greg Chaney — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:54:25 +0000

I grew up in a time when church frequently included special gospel meetings that featured a guest preacher imploring over the course of a week to get right and reap the rewards of heaven or certainly go to hell. Night [...]

Homeward Bound

David Allen — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:38:02 +0000

H. Belloc, in his essay, “The Little Old Man”, said, “ that of everything which runs or creeps upon earth, man is the fullest of sorrow”. Sometimes, the events of life send Belloc’s observation about sorrow cascading deep into our [...]

Children of the King

David Allen — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:00:54 +0000

Have you ever been on the “outside” of things? Remember when certain ones were chosen last to be on teams in their childhood? It was usually the same person all the time. We all want to belong, sometimes desperately. How [...]

Shalowm: The Peace God Intended

Greg Chaney — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:00:30 +0000

I’ve been to war. Not a figurative war, which many people have experienced within their unique circumstance, but a real war where bullets fly both ways and mortars and rockets explode with the intent of ending lives. My war experience, [...]