When I was growing up being called a classy person was a considerable compliment. While some associated the term with social stature or wealth, its most prevalent connotation was that, if you possessed class, you “had it all together.” You had the “whole package.” Everyone wanted to be referred to […]
This week’s Inspiration is a reedited version of previous post from February 2011. It’s one of my favorites. This week I received an email from a friend. It was one of those “send this to seven people and you will receive a miracle but, if you don’t you’ll get run […]
With Valentine’s Day upon us, I came upon the following poem penned by the English playwright, Robert Browning while browsing among my library in search of this week’s Inspiration. I knew that I wanted “love” to be the underlying message, but I also wanted it to be reflected amidst the times […]
In his classic of Christian apologetics, Mere Christianity, author C. S. Lewis wrote the following: “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next person… It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the […]