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Country Music Makes Me Cry

Mar 6th, 2010 | By The Howitzer | Category: Lead, Leisure

By The Howitzer
I hope you never pass me on the road when I am in a country frame of mind cause county music make me cry. I know I am supposed to be tough but some of those songs are geared to rip your heart out (if you have one, men). One of my favorite [...]



Five Keys to Combat the Frenetic Pace of Life

Feb 19th, 2010 | By The Howitzer | Category: Lead, Leisure, Purpose

by The Howitzer
A newfound interest of mine is NASCAR. To be honest, I have never had much interest in a bunch of overgrown teenagers racing around an oval track. With the exception of some fantastic wrecks (where no one seems to get hurt) I never really understood the NASCAR junkie. That is until my son [...]



What Happens When You Push God Too Far?

Feb 13th, 2010 | By The Howitzer | Category: Faith, Lead

by The Howitzer
And they will pass through the land hard pressed and famished and it will turn out that when they are hungry they will be enraged and curse their kind and their God as they face upward- Isaiah
I am working my way through Isaiah and being challenged by the circumstances there. Judgment is fast [...]



How to Get People to Talk to You

Jan 31st, 2010 | By The Howitzer | Category: Friendship, Lead

by The Howitzer
I like talking about you, you, you, you usually.  But, occasionally I want to talk about me. – Toby Keith
I heard one of my favorite country songs again a couple of days ago about a self-centered conversationalist. You know the type! Every conversation is about them. Take my friend Freddy (not their real [...]



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Jan 12th, 2010 | By The Howitzer | Category: Lead, Purpose

by The Howitzer
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There is an old adage that says, “if you fail to plan then you plan to fail”. There is an even older adage that “without a vision the people perish”.  With the pace of life that most of us live, a lack of clarity [...]



Happy Birthday to an American Hero: Eugene Brannum!

Jan 6th, 2010 | By The Howitzer | Category: Friendship, Lead

by The Howitzer

Whatever happened to Randolph Scott ridin’ the trail alone?  Whatever happened to Gene and Tex, and Roy, and Rex, the Durango Kid?  Oh, whatever happened to Randolph Scott, his horse plain as could be?  Whatever happened to Randolph Scott has happened to the best of me. – The Statler Brothers
Such are the [...]



3 Natural Stages of Spiritual Growth

Jan 1st, 2010 | By The Howitzer | Category: Faith, Lead

by The Howitzer
When I was in the 6th grade, I was 5’2” tall and weighed 106 pounds. I remember that because we had to take a presidential standardized fitness test and had to be measured. By the time 8th grade came around I was 5’11’ tall and weighed almost 150 pounds. I grew so fast [...]



Wise Men Still Seek Him!

Dec 25th, 2009 | By The Howitzer | Category: Faith

Have a great CHRISTmas from all of us here at READYAIMLIFE!



What Part Do Our Past Experiences Play In Our Faith?

Dec 15th, 2009 | By The Howitzer | Category: Faith, Lead

by The Howitzer
You don’t have to read the writings of the Apostle Peter for very long before realizing that he was deeply impacted by the transfiguration. You know the story: Jesus took Peter, James and John up on the mountain and He was changed before their eyes (Mark 9:2-13). He began to illuminate and His [...]



What is Going On In The Unseen Spiritual World?

Dec 11th, 2009 | By The Howitzer | Category: Faith, Lead

by The Howitzer
Sometimes I wish that we could peel back the curtain of life and see the spiritual reality that the Bible describes. We live in a very physical, tangible, see-it, taste-it, touch-it, and feel-it world. But our existence whether we recognize it or not is back draped by an intangible spiritual side [...]