Summertime is also movie time, which moves me to thinking.And as you know by now, I think in terms of "lists" and "tops."So what are the five movies that make me think "summer" more quickly than any others?Here goes:5.  Corvette Summer.  Never to be confused...

The tennis world was all abuzz last week with the news that Roger Federer is now using a new racket:He has switched from the 90-square-inch model he has used since his youth to a larger, supposedly more powerful 98-square inch version.  Why?Well, Roger Federer is...

We started in The Eye Of The Storm.Then we ran with the Storm Chasers.This week, we'll get some shelter.Storm Shelter.To get ready, read Isaiah 25:1-8.Sunday.  8:30.   10. ...

If you listen closely and then jot down what you hear, you can gain some unexpected insights from a course on High Impact Volunteers.Such as . . .You're only as happy as your saddest kid.Scripture tells the story of the builing of four...

During the recent Wimbledon Championships, US Davis Cup captain Jim Courier made a fascinating point.Courier told his television audience that Bulgaria's Grigor Dmitrov has patterned his game after Roger Federer.  Here's what Courier means.Federer's...

As you read this I am in Colorado Springs, Colorado, attending a seminar on High Impact Volunteers that's put on by our friends at Newell & Associates.Here's what my nights look like:But spending some time in this rarified air gets me thinking: what are the best...

Here's an insight into sermon preparation and the church calendar.Yesterday's message -- Storm Chasers -- was actually the first one in the series that I wrote and yet it became the second one that I delivered.Why?Because when I wrote it, I really liked it.  (I...

The Discover Channel recently made this video in memory of three veteran storm chasers who lost their lives in pursuit of an F-5 in Oklahoma:Storm chasing is dangerous.  Even deadly.Come see what that has to do with our lives as we move to week two of The Storm...

Did you know . . . .. . . that if you bag the grass you cut, and you mow your lawn on Friday but the city doesn't pick up the trash & grass until the next Thursday, and it rains almost every day your bagged grass sits beside the garage, that the cut grass smells...

As you can see in the Books I Like  section, I am currently reading White House Ghosts, a detailed history of presidential speechwriters from 1932 to 2008 . . . or, to use initials, from FDR to W.When I first saw the title at a used book store, I realized, "I...