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 [...]
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By Greg Primm It’s been happening quite a bit lately. I brush my teeth, set the alarm for 5:30 am, read for a bit, fall asleep, and then thirty minutes later — BAM! — wide awake. Sleep doesn’t come again for several hours. I’m up. I stare at a book for a while, surf the [...]
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by The Howitzer CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A COPY OF OUR NEW PLANNER! 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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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By Trey Smith It’s Christmas. It’s the time of year that hopefully we are reminded of the important things in life. The things that matter most: family, friends, generosity, our Lord and our relationship to him. These are the priorities that at some point in the past we decided are the most precious features in [...]
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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 [...]
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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 as [...]
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by The Howitzer One of the secret anxieties of many men is a nagging question that sometimes never gets answered. The question is simple yet profound: DO I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES? Do I have what it takes to be the leader in my family? Do I have what it takes to be an indispensable [...]
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by The Howitzer “You’re not as bad as everybody says, I think you’re getting better.” I wasn’t sure exactly how to respond to my latest compliment. I think my evaluator’s heart was good but her choice of words left a little to be desired. Actually, a lot to be desired. Fortunately, my ego wasn’t that [...]
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