It’s All In The Approach

It’s All In The Approach

Could you allow me to rewind to a few weeks prior? Were any of your Christmas gift exchanges more about getting what you wanted or just plainly, simply, and wonderfully receiving what was given? We do a couple of family gift exchanges where names are drawn to...
Get Back To It

Get Back To It

Well… we’re six days into the new year.  How ya doin’?  The holidays have come and gone, the ball has dropped (especially the one at Mercedes Benz stadium), and now we are pushed to get back to it.  Goals are being set.  Fitness centers are packed....
The Rearview Mirror

The Rearview Mirror

It’s good to glance back, occasionally, in your rearview mirror. Traveling south from Knoxville to Chattanooga on I-75, both lanes came to a sudden slowdown.  I glanced in my rearview mirror to see if the guy behind me was seeing the same red brake lights that I...
CIAB

CIAB

Kyle and his team have planned, worked, and rehearsed to give us all a special gift tomorrow night on Christmas Eve.  We’ll be creatively walking through the story of Jesus with music, video, readings, candle lighting, and corporate singing.  You’ll...
If I Could Tell You What To Do

If I Could Tell You What To Do

Kyle walked into our Monday morning meeting with a little less than his typical energy and zip.  What ensued was a conversation about rain, gloomy, dark, cold days, and demeanors to match.  Have you noticed how the lack of blue skies and sun can cause the peppiest of...
News or Advice?

News or Advice?

My childhood is peppered with small-town memories I can still taste, see, and smell.  Past sensory experiences I was privileged to bank as a kid still pay wonderful dividends when I pause and let them surface. The old library in Waynesville is one such example.  In...