January 31st, River of Life hosted the first Real Talk Training Seminar with great results. Real Talk Training is a one-day seminar training individuals in effective interpersonal communication skills.  RTT is an interactive experience including demonstration, practice and constructive feedback.  RTT...

I ran across this today in a blog that I regularly follow (link included in the image to respect intellectual property).  I think I will let it speak for itself.  Do you have any thoughts?  Comment below…

I am happy to announce to my friends and family at River of Life that on Friday, December 5, having successfully completed a twelve-month professional coach training process with Lifeforming Leadership Coaching; I received my final certification as a Lifeforming Leadership Coach. This landmark event...

Since my last post, I’ve been experiencing more and more change in my life.  Not the least of which is the hiring of a professional fitness coach at the gym.  OUCH!  I thought I was in better shape than this.  I almost blacked out!  Let me confirm to you right now that change can be painful...

I am sitting in the corner of a room full of women at the Hot Springs, Arkansas Convention Center. The event is called EMerge and is sponsored by EMWomen. This organization is founded by Larry and Staci Wallace whose purpose in life is to empower people to fulfill their destiny. Here’s the thing...

I am preparing my sermon for this weekend and thinking about life.  I have been doing that a lot lately.  Trying to take life lessons and distill them down to maybe somehow help someone else.  Today I am thinking about living with the end in mind.  Let me explain. I know it is important to be “present”...

I am currently stuck in traffic. We have a long trip ahead of us and it is somewhat frustrating. But I have been thinking since I have been sitting here (Lord knows I have the time….). I’m thinking about the hope we find in the unknown future. Let me explain. I have no idea how long the traffic...

First of all, I want to apologize to all of you who absolutely don’t care about the iPhone.  I confess that I lined up this morning amidst the mindless masses who march to the beat of Steve Jobs’ drum.  I went to buy the iPhone 3g.  I did it because we were about to buy Pam a smartphone...

Okay, I thought about this when I was in the middle of my sermon this morning at church.  Literally, it hit me while I was talking.  It is another insight gained from my dog, Midnight (see picture in previous post).  We utilize a dog crate with Midnight to kind of help manage her activities at times...

So today I am thinking about dogs. I came out to pick up my son from youth camp today and saw all these country dogs running around. I got to thinking about my dog. I’ve included a picture of Midnight the Wonder Dog for your enjoyment…. We have had Midnight since Christmas and it has fallen...