Archive for January, 2011

Magnificent Son

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

It’s a rare thing to hear a teen, or twenty-something son compliment their mother-but that’s just what happened this week. Attending a banquet for hospice volunteers, this magnificent son spoke before the entire group about how his mother’s passion for hospice care had changed his life. Thinking the decision to work in this […]

Magnificent Vocation Man

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

After spending time with a friend in another city who had some overwhelming issues pending, I decided to find a place to pray in their behalf before getting on the highway to get home. Pulling a u-turn at the first steeple I saw, appropriately, the church was called “Our Lady of Sorrows.” It […]

Magnificent “Man Friend”

Monday, January 17th, 2011

Magnificent Men surround me in friendship. They are a set of non-blood brothers who are a tremendous support and source of inspiration. As I prepared to begin placing video interviews of magnificent men on my website, one of the first people to come to mind was my best guy pal from dental school […]

The Magnificent Mentoring Man

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

I had the extreme pleasure of being coached to start this New Year by an immensely successful writer and speaker in my home town. He spent a good portion of his afternoon sharing pearls of wisdom garnered from over twenty five years in the business on a day that was traditionally part of […]

magnificent man in a Christmas tree lot

Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

Don’t forget that holiday spirit just yet…..
Par for the frenzy of holiday course-I spend three days trying to find a Christmas tree. Our trees are always fifteen footers. Therein lays the problem. Finally, a phone call confirmed Ted Drew’s frozen custard/tree lot had several large trees.
Arriving at the lot, my excitement was […]