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I was reading an article in the most recent issues of Fast Company magazine and it talked about the way most Americans have more self control when they talk about the future. I’ll start my diet next week…I’ll begin saving for retirement next year…and on and on. What makes us so confident about tomorrow? We [...]

Continuing on through Nehemiah, I read through Chapter 3 recently. This chapter tells how everyone was pitching in with the completion of the wall. It describes the specific places where the people of Jerusalem were building. When you breeze through the chapter you see that there are mayors, nobles, priests, men, women, and all kinds [...]

This post is a continuation of my Bible study through Nehemiah, and the post I did about the second chapter, “Fulfill the object of your existence by asking a question. The next one happens in verses 17 and 18. Nehemiah did not tell anyone why he was returning to Jerusalem. Once he got there he [...]

In our Bible study group, we went through a study by Reggie McNeil called “The Present Future.”  One of the points that really stuck out to me was how most churches have the attitude of “come and get it.  We have a corner on the spiritual market, and if you want to know about God, [...]

Nehemiah 2 Nehemiah was a “foreigner” who worked directly for the king.  I believe he had a pretty good relationship with King Artaxerxes (King A from here on out) because the king asked him what was bothering him.  “Why the long face?”  I know that your body language and facial expressions can give away your [...]

I am starting to study through the book of Nehemiah in my quiet time for the next couple of weeks or so, and I plan to journal some of the things that stand out to me.  Some things are rocking my world and I hope they have some meaning for you. I guess, my posts [...]

Man, do I hit a wide range of topics on this blog.  Well, as you know, I’m an attorney and one of my practice areas is in the estate planning arena…I like to call it family life planning.  One thing that I have realized in my practice over the last couple of years are that [...]