Stepping Stones

Two Leadership Principles

Everything rises and falls on leadership. The presence of change in our world is obvious and moving faster than ever before. In times like these, leaders emerge and lead the way. When so much of what we see and hear causes us to find a better way, we need leaders to...

When is it okay to break the rules?

Signs, Signs, everywhere a sign. "Signs" was a pop music hit released in 1971 by the group, The Five Man Electrical Band. The song questioned the right of anyone to put up signs and make rules that interfere with nature. Over 50 years later, It seems we still have...

Bless the Peacemakers

Peace on earth. Peace is a wonderful hope. Everybody wants it but few really experience it. Many promise it but few are real peacemakers. In the last 4,000 years there have been less than 400 years of peace. The history of the world is the futile efforts to live...

How to have a pure heart

Be careful little eyes what you see. 12% of all website are pornographic. 70% of men 18-24 visit a porn site monthly. 1 in 3 viewers of porn are women. Porn use is up 18% during our recent pandemic. We live in a morally dirty world. Jesus said, “Blessed are the pure...

Bless the Merciful Home

Do you have a perfect family? Obviously not. There is no perfect family. That's why our family needs mercy. When the rich man's will was read, his wife was very upset: he left everything to his fishing buddy and nothing to her!She drove immediately to the cemetery to...

Bless the Hungry Home

What are you hungry for? Since many restaurants have closed during our COVID-19 quarantine and all are carry-out only, I have been hungering to sit down in a nice restaurant and order a tasty meal. My favorite restaurants in Adrian are Culver's, Chipotle, Hoagie Man...

Bless the Gentle Home

"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." (Matthew 5:5) The meek will win the world! Doesn’t that sound ridiculous. We all know that it is the high-energy, powerful promoter, the big wheeler-dealer who gets ahead in life. The meek get stepped on,...

Bless the Sad Home

I can tell a lot about someone by finding out what makes him laugh and what makes him cry. What person makes you laugh, makes you cry? What memory makes you laugh, makes you cry? What movie makes you laugh, makes you cry? What song makes you laugh, makes you cry? We...

Bless My Humble Home

Do you want a blessed home? When you look at some families the first word that comes to your minds is "blessed". They seem to have so many good things going on. But when you look at so many other families today, rather than say, “Man, they’re really blessed,” more...

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