A Moment of Hope

When I was a college basketball player, I played in many games. But there was one game I'll never forget. I'd been playing poorly in a game and my coach, Dean Smith, took me out. When I reached the sidelines, I slammed my towel on the floor. Coach Smith quietly approached me, the game continuing. He knelt before me and asked, "Did you slam that towel on the floor because you were upset with me for...

We all have big decisions to make in life, many of which will affect us for years to come. Once when I was going through such a decision, someone told me to practice the rule of the comma, "When in doubt, leave it out." It's what you are to do in writing - if you don't know if you should use a comma, you probably should not. It's a rule that applies to life as well. God's direction will eventually...

  How do you feel when a coworker gets a promotion? Your neighbor's child earns a college scholarship? A good friend buys a beautiful beach house? Excited? Or jealous? My wise friend Coach Dean Smith said this about such situations, "Good people celebrate when good things happen to others." He was speaking to the danger of envy and jealousy. Two hidden diseases of the heart that force us to compar...