There is an old story about a boy walking down the street who falls in a hole. The hole is deep and dark, so the boy cannot find his way out. He sits and waits. After a while, a doctor walks by on the street above. The boy sees him and calls out, “Can you…
Each Thanksgiving, while it is a time to give thanks for all the blessings which have been bestowed on me in the past year, I like to pray for those blessings that I hope will be forthcoming in the next twelve months as well. Our Bride, One Path In the last week, I was fortunate…
A Miracle Most folks, even those who are not Christians, have heard the story from the Bible commonly referred to as the story of the “loaves and fishes” [John 6:9]. In that story, Jesus took five loaves of bread and two fish and turned them into a meal for some 5,000 of his followers. Believers…
One of our favorite family traditions is that sometime during the holidays, we all go to a movie together. Even as our children have grown, our tradition continues. Recently, that has meant going to a Star Wars movie every other year. Believing leads to success While I enjoy the new episodes, as you might imagine,…
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools has started an initiative called the Male Empowerment Network. The goal is to assure that every student in CMS will have access to a mentor who could help them fulfill their purpose. Most of us know the invaluable benefit of having had a mentor. As Maya Angelo might say, our mission is…
A Story in There Recently, when I returned home from an errand, I recounted to my spouse an interaction I had just experienced. Having walked beside me for so many years, while appalled, her response was predictable. She simply said, “There has to be a Be There Dad story in there”. And so, there was.…