Chewing the Frat

Play Doh was created as a wallpaper cleaner. It was fun to play with UNTIL you left the play doh out overnight and then tried to mold it again. Talk about a tough job. Our lives can be like play doh that has become hard and unresponsive to the hands of God. The truth is that someone or something will mold our lives, BUT we can decide who what will be. Let's talk about that on Chewing the Frat.

You can never go by a label. Colonial Sanders had 1005 rejections and was called failure before he finally succeeded. Michael Jordan did not make his high school basketball team and was labeled a failure. It is so important to be careful what we use as labels for our lives. Let's talk about that on Chewing the Frat.

In a listing of the top 3 negotiators in history, Henry Kissinger, Teddy Roosevelt and Nelson Mandela are there. The art of being a good negotiator is the fact that you MUST MAKE A CONNECTION with those who disagree with you. Each and every day we must make those connections with people who we disagree with. Paul set out a great plan to help us make better connections with those people. Let's talk...

The Andy Griffith show ran from 1960 to 1968 on CBS. It actually finished it's 8th season at the #1 slot on Television. One episode has Barney making a wrong decision and having his confidence crushed. As always, Andy comes to the rescue, but what does the Bible say about Confidence. Let's talk about that on Chewing the Frat.

The Art of Manliness website lists 10 skills that all men must have. Among those are everything from paddling a canoe to surviving a bear attack. If I always look at what the world tells me that men need to be like, I would feel awful. When I begin to do that I have a lot of self-doubt. The Bible speaks to that age old problem of self-doubt. Let's talk about that here on Chewing the Frat.

Have you ever heard of the law that says that if a woman drives a car in Memphis, that a man has to run in front of the car waving a red flag. Yep it is on the books. I am so glad that we are not bound to some of the old "outdated" laws. You know at times we can be bound by unhealthy spiritual and man mad religious laws. We have freedom in Christ, but could that be abused. Let's talk about that on...

Listed in the top 7 temptations of a man were things that I struggle with each and every day. Once I realized that I struggle with those I really was confused on why I am so judgmental of other guys in my life or church when they mess up. The Bible speaks very specifically about how to stop being judgmental. Let's talk about that on Chewing the Frat.

It is so hard to get good workers these days. Matter of fact, the most difficult area to find good workers are those areas that are considered mid level jobs. These are jobs you need more than a High School Diploma and less than a 4 year degree. The Bible has some great ideas on being a great worker. Let's talk about art

Over 70% of all workers are negative about their job. With that being said, it seems that there is a lot of negativity to go around. How should we handle negativity in the workplace. As a Godly man, should we be different? Let's see what the Bible says about handling negative comments and thoughts here on Chewing the Frat.

When a 120 foot ship on the Bearing Sea looses all navigational ability in the middle of the night, you can say they were hit by the UNEXPECTED. In our lives as men there are times when we are hit with the unexpected in our work place. Does the Bible have anything to say about that. Let's talk about that on Chewing the Frat.

According to a Gallop Poll in 2013, less than 20% of people were truly engaged with their work. How many times do we hear of people who attribute their problems or addictions to problems at work. If you find that your daily routine is only routine, there are some questions that you need to ask. Let's talk about that here on Chewing the Frat.

All of us dream at night when we are in the REM mode of our sleep. We have all had the dreams of falling, being chased and the every haunting being in public without clothes or in our underwear. While these dreams may not have any earth shaking meanings, the dreams for our future do. Let's see what God has to say to us about dreams on Chewing the Frat.

We can't go very far without being around negative people. We can't get away from them, but we can be an agent of change around them. A study at Notre Dame found that students who were put with negative roommates became more negative and even became depressed because of the negativity of the roommate. Let's see what the Bible says about our involvement with negativity right here on Chewing the Fra...

The biggest fear that Christian men face is not the fear of spiders, the dark or even elevators. The biggest fear we need to watch out for is the fear of man as mentioned in Proverbs. What do we do when we are faced with a fearful situation and we seem to lack faith. Let's talk about that here on Chewing the Frat.

We all thought that the song was talking about patriotism, but Born in the USA was talking about the involvement of the U.S in war. I thought the song by War, "Why Can't We Be Friends," had no meaning and yet the entire song was made to promote unity. Boy did I misunderstand. What should we do when we are misunderstood. Let's see what the Bible says about that here on Chewing the Frat.

There were over 5000 "plans" people sent in for the 9-11 Memorial in New York City. They came from over 60 countries and 49 states. Although everyone thought their plan was perfect, some were downright strange. Just as everyone seems to have a plan for the memorial, often many people have what they think is the "plan" for our live. My dad always taught me that God's plan was always for my Ultimate...

Swiss researchers tell us that the feeling we get when we are able to get revenge will give us a good sensation, but only for a few minutes. They also said that the facts show that this feeling that only lasts for a few minutes will actually prolong the hurt associated with the original situation. Advice that I was given by my dad and that I watched him live out was, "Don't repay evil that is done...

When you look at the list of NFL first round draft picks that were the greatest players in college, yet were major disappointments in the NFL, the list unfortunately is long and has so many who had talent, yet at times did not have the discipline to go with it. Today on chewing the frat, we discuss the third lesson that I learned from my dad. He told me that discipline will always take you further...

Over 57% of all Americans have less than $1,000.00 in their savings account. Now I know that some of that number are dealing with financial hardships due to situations not of their making, but some men in in that number simply because they do not use wisdom in the area of money. One of the great lessons that my dad taught me was to leave within in your means. Lets talk about that on Chewing the Fr...

In looking at Father's day weekend coming up, we will take this entire week and Pastor Eddie will share lesson's he has learned from his father over the past 54 years. The first lesson is about excuses. The world is filled with excuses for why we don't do what we need to do, but Dad had some very interesting ideas on excuses. Let's talk about being a great father, here on chewing the frat.

As Men we spend a lot of our time waiting in traffic, in offices waiting for meetings, in the car line picking up kids from school and other fun activities. We leave in such a fast paced world, that we get very anxious if we have to wait for any length of time. We do not like delays, however the Bible gives us some information that can help us to look at delays in a different way. Let's talk about...

In 2004, a female artist on the show Saturday Nigh Live was getting ready to perform. Before her band could begin to play, a voice track came on of the song they had previously sung. This caused many to suggest that she was going to lip-sync the song. Talk about not seeing that coming. We all must keep our guard up to make sure that we are not caught off guard in areas of our lives. Let's talk abo...

Some of the most successful men in history were also some of the most criticized men in history. from Mark Twain, to Sigmund Freud to Bill Gates, these were highly successful men yet so many people have been critical of their lives and actions. The Bible reminds us that we must treat those who are critical of us in a very different way. Paul shows us how to do that today on Chewing the Frat.

We are hit from all sides with the idea that we need to live life to the fullest and to grab all the gusto. We are told to let our passions run wild and purchase what we need to make our lives as full as possible. If we do this, does this really make our lives happy or just busy. Let's talk about our Passions here on Chewing the Frat.