A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting with Rhonda Smith (@rhondasmithVL) the founder of Save It Forward. Save it Forward is an initiative of Alive Ministries, Inc. that partners with local schools to meet the needs of hungry kids & their families…

QUESTIONS Do you like nice things? Do you have to have nice things? Do you own a nice home with nice furniture and accessories? Do you drive a nice car? Do you eat at nice restaurants? Do you like to help people? Do you think about doing things to help…

I received this e-mail the other day from a good pastor friend of mine. It made me really think about who had shaped me through the years. My list was really really really long. I didn’t have time to write about everyone so I simply responded with the first few…

What does it mean to be great? Martin Luther King Jr. was perhaps one of the greatest people who ever lived. There is an amazing speech that MLK once gave on the idea greatness. In this speech he shared that in order to be great, one must be a servant….

Today, when I finally sat down to write my blog, my wife asked me if I had read her blog yet. I told her I hadn’t and sat down at the computer and read… When you visit the website for The King Center you are greeted by audio of Martin…

It seems like yesterday I stepped onto the property of SHO and was totally freaked out at the sight of several hundred homeless men and women. Being a middle class suburban kid I had never been exposed to such a sight before.  At first, I was not sure how to…

Love in the business place? Now I know people have been told we are to leave our emotions at home when we come to work, but how is that really possible? How can someone just simply check who they are at the door and become a mindless machine for eight…