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You can't rise to an occasion that you haven't prepared for. Rising isn't the same as reacting. To rise means stepping into the moment with strength, courage, focus, and competence. That only happens when your character, your wisdom, your discipline, your ability to persevere —…

Love isn’t just a feeling. It’s a choice, and it's the target. It should be the code we live by, the standard we hold ourselves to. I am patient. I wait as long as it takes.I do what I do for the good of others,…

Over the last four months, I wrote a book called Change on the Rise, now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle. The book came about rather quickly, though it draws from years of experience, and notes and journals I've kept for the past decade.…

This year, as I celebrated my birthday with my family, the candles were lit on the cake, and my kids asked me to make a wish. As I blew out the candles, I thought to myself, “I wish my kids would be obedient and do…

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. – Isaiah 40:31 It’s January 1st, 2025. A new year. A fresh start.…

When we live from our place in eternity, our life will make more sense, and it will result in security in our identity, a sense or purpose and will produce passion With Gladiator II coming out soon, one of the more memorable quotes from the…

I was rewatching The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring for the first time in many years, recently. In the movie, there is an exchange between Frodo, and Gandalf. Frodo, feeling afraid, uncertain, not capable, says to Gandalf: I wish the Ring had…

Brothers... What we do in life, echoes in eternity In the movie Gladiator, one of the more famous quotes comes at the beginning of the film. Rome is at war with the Germanic barbarians and Maximus is preparing his men for battle. He gives them…