By Greg Primm I was 21 years old on my final interview with one of the largest accounting firms in the country. It was a top job for someone coming out of my school’s accounting program. After lunch with a group of young staff members who were just a year or two out of school [...]
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by The Howitzer I’m not ready to make nice/I’m not ready to back down/I’m still mad as hell and I don’t have time to go round and round and round/It’s too late to make it right/I probably wouldn’t if I could/’Cause I’m mad as hell/Can’t bring myself to do what it is you think I should- [...]
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By Trey Smith If there is one thing I know about us “guys” it’s that we are guided by ego more than we like to admit and probably more than we are even aware of. As I ponder that statement it strikes me as somewhat peculiar because for those of us who have even a [...]
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By The Howitzer Things are going to get better, aren’t they? My finances are going to stabilize, right? My job is going to become more satisfying? My kids are going to stay out of trouble and reach their potential? My wife is going continue to love me, right? The politicians are finally going to get [...]
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by The Howitzer One of the most grueling races that I have ever participated in was the 400-meter. Back in the day it was called the 440-yard dash, which made it sound even longer. In my prime, I ran a respectable quarter and hated every minute of it. Actually, every 54.5 seconds of it. Once [...]
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by The Howitzer When we lived in Little Rock, we had some good friends that truly impacted our thinking related to what we should teach our children to become. We did not have children at the time but loved to hang around couples that did. They had a little girl who was probably 4 or [...]
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By Greg Primm Ever feel like you can’t accomplish something, like the task is too big? I was flipping through “The Big Moo”, a collection of short essays by numerous authors and edited by Seth Godin, and read this brief account of how the Berlin Wall came down. It struck a chord with me right [...]
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by The Howitzer Without recanting one word from my previous article I want to write a rebuttal to my own position. Although there is a definite need for wisdom and discretion about what you share of your personal walk with the Lord there is a case that must be made for transparency as well. Introspection [...]
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By Greg Primm We all have numerous communities that we live in — groups of people that we spend time with, that we identify with. Family, neighborhood, work, church, soccer team, the gym. Once you are in a community, truly in, it can add so much to your life. True communities foster encouragement, support, love, [...]
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By The Howitzer I had an interesting conversation this week with a really good friend. Let me give you a little backdrop to the conversation: Our church is in a 50-day growth campaign called Draw Near. It is geared to encourage parishioners to spend an extended time period focusing on their own personal spiritual growth. [...]
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