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In a special report on football in America, Sports Illustrated conducted a survey that included questions regarding how important football is to Americans. Only 1.4% said that football was more important than family but 20.1% admitted that football was more important than their jobs and 26.7% agreed…

The CEO of a $2 trillion investment fund said a letter from his ten-year-old daughter was the main reason that he decided to leave his high power position. Mohamed El-Erian left his job after his daughter wrote to him about all 22 milestones in her life that he missed because of his work. He said the…

Musician speaker, and author Shaun Groves says he has the opportunity to lead worship at many different churches. After the services, he takes time to sit down with the musicians of that church for some one-on-one time. Groves says the musicians will often ask him about the music program at his home…

Michael McDowell, a popular NASCAR driver took some time away from the social media before the busy racing began. He told his supporters on Facebook and Twitter that he would refrain from using social networking sites for thirty days as part of what he called a “social media fast.” McDowell says he got…

Authorities arrested Petra Zaragoza and Bulmaro Reyes for leaving their little girl in their car. Why would the couple do such a thing? They wanted to gamble in a casino. A passerby discovered the girl as she was searching for her parents 10 minutes after the couple left her. It makes me wonder, if this…

“Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but many of the things they make it easier to do don’t need to be done.” –Andy Rooney --The Week, June 1, 2012 p. 17 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell We are guilty of Andy Rooney’s charge in other areas of our lives as well. We live in…

David Kim is a successful businessman, author, and Christian. Working long and hard Kim built his business into a consortium that operates restaurant chains including Sweet Factory, La Salsa, Cinnabon, Denny’s, and Baja Fresh. David Kim had worked hard and became very successful but when his father died…

OK, I don’t want you to lose faith in me, but I have a confession that I have to make. When my daughter lived at home, I really struggled to establish a family devotional/teaching time. I would pray with Jenny at night, but when it came to having a family devotional time, I made many attempts, but was…

As the nation watched and prayed, the 2012 fires devastated the Community of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Though he was not immediately impacted, the President of Focus on the Family, Jim Daly, who lives in the area, had an opportunity to reflect on what it mean if he and his family had to evacuate suddenly.…

The separation of church and state may be a hot topic in many areas, but in Colorado personal priorities has taken precedence over everything else. The El Paso County Commission has decided they will include prayer in their meetings every Tuesday and Thursday. Commissioner Peggy Littleton opened the…

What do you have in your life that you are sure you just could not do without? The London Science Museum, in a project regarding clean water, took a survey of 3000 British adults. The question regarded what they could not live without. Sunshine received the highest number of votes, and clean drinking…

In Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives, Richard Swenson writes: “We need to develop a new depreciation of things and a new appreciation of people. Things are to be used, and people are to be served.” --Margin, Kindle Loc. 1394 Illustration by Jim L.…

I am an addict! I have discovered that I am addicted to my grandson. Every so often, I just have to get into that Camry and drive 16 hours so I can hold him while he drools on my shirt. I know it’s hard for you to understand, but it makes perfect sense to me. I just got back from one of those excursions.…

One of the most devoted fan bases in consumer culture history are Nintendo fans. They have anxiously received every piece of hardware and software the gaming company creates. Every five years or so, Nintendo releases a new gaming system This time, the hotly anticipated game system codenamed “Project…

Sometimes we can be so earthly minded that we are no heavenly good. There is an old legend of a swan and a crane. A beautiful swan alighted by the banks of the water in which a crane was wading about seeking snails. For a few moments the crane viewed the swan in stupid wonder and then inquired: “Where…

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In Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives, Richard Swenson writes: “Everything we own owns us. We must maintain it, paint it, play with it, build space in our house to put it, and then work to pay it off.” --Margin, Kindle Loc. 1151-52 Illustration by…

Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez is a star in the world of soccer, and his father is a star to his family. Javier Hernandez recently signed a deal to play with Manchester United, but this summer he will travel to South Africa to represent Mexico in the World Cup. Hernandez’s father is a reserve coach for…

His church uses social networking websites to reach people with their worship services, but Pastor Kerry Shook recently lead thousands of people around the country to observe a fast from Facebook and Twitter. Shook said he wanted to do something drastic to wake people up, and knew many would find going…

In Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives, Richard Swenson writes: “Saying No is not an excuse for selfishness, rudeness, or insensitivity. Instead, it is an invitation to listen carefully to the Spirit's voice, adhering closely to a system of wise priorities…

When asked what they would do with a 25th hour each day, the largest number of Americans, 37% said they would use it for extra family time. Less than 10% of Americans said they would use it for more work time compared with 50% of Indians who would use it for work. In Italy and Turkey the largest number…

Glen Coffee, a San Francisco 49er Running Back, has decided that one year in the NFL is enough. Football is no longer his dream. “Coffee told Matt Barrows of The Sacramento Bee that he is headed back to school to complete his undergraduate degree and pursue a master’s degree, a decision rooted in his…

If every school principal gave this speech at the beginning of the next school year, America would be a better place. To the students and faculty of our high school: I am your new principal, and honored to be so. There is no greater calling than to teach young people. I would like to apprise you of some…

Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and George Steinbrenner, the owner of the New York Yankees knew one another well. When Steinbrenner died, Giuliani had this to say about him, "The one thing about George you could always count on was, there were no ulterior motives. It was all about winning.…

A counseling center hotline used the following voicemail message: “Thank you for calling. If you are obsessive-compulsive, please press 1 repeatedly. If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2 for you. If you have multiple personalities, please press 3, 4, 5 and 6. If you are paranoid-delusional,…