Persevering to the Finish Line

Runner's World (8/91) told the story of Beth Anne DeCiantis's attempt to qualify for the 1992 Olympic Trials marathon. A female runner must complete ...

Dominance of Vision

A vision is the dominant factor that governs your life.

It determines all the choices you are making.

It's what's left after all the layers are ...

Reaching for the Moon

High expectations are easily stated, may be rationalized as evidence of superior spirituality, and drive most leaders nuts. It takes genuine skill and ...

More than Reaching Goals

It is not a matter primarily of whether or not we reach our particular goals. Life is more than just reaching our goals. As individuals and as a group ...

The Fragility of Vision

Fragility is part of a vision's nature. People who think they have created an indestructible vision simply issue a command, write an agenda. Had Odysseus ...

Aimless People

I'm appalled at the aimlessness of most people's lives today; 50% don't pay any attention to where they are going; 40% are undecided and will ...

Community Baptist Church Mission Statement

Reach unchurched people in the Inland Empire. Help them grow in Christ. So we can together serve the Lord in ministry.

The Peril of Lesser Goals

I asked a preacher, "How are you getting along?" He said, "We are living in idolatry--just sitting around admiring our new church. We have ...

Happiness Is a Dividend

I have observed that when any of us embarks on the pursuit of happiness for ourselves, it eludes us. Often I've asked myself why. It must be because ...

Life's Cycle

Keep us, Lord, so awake in the duties of our calling that we may sleep in thy peace and wake in thy glory.