Morning Coffee with Larry Quicksall

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Are you trapped in your current situation because of blaming someone or something else?  "No, not me!"  Well, you know what, you just might be.  On today's show we look at ways we get trapped in the blame game, and how taking control and responsibility is actually our way out!

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  In part 2 of our interview with Vena Semprie, Vena offers her insight and advice in helping caregivers cope with caregiving during winter months due the Covid-19 pandemic.  The key areas that Vena covers is loving yourself first, listening to your intuition, meditation, and practicing gratitude. For more information on Vena Semprie, please visit her website...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Today I am interviewing my good friend Vena Semprie, who is a caregiver specialist and author of the book "Caregiver Triumphant".  This is a two-part interview with part 1 looking at how Vena became a caregiver for her husband, and how she coped and learned through the experience. For more information on Vena Semprie, please visit her website at https://car...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Happy New Year!  Today we are continuing with Jack Canfield's book, The Success Principles, and discuss the section titled "Everything you experience today is the result of choices you have made in the past.  Also, a change is taking place today.  In order to keep the podcast at a reasonable length, I am splitting of the morning devotional segment...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Welcome to the last day of 2020... WOW!  What a ride it has been.  In part one of the podcast we are going to continue with Jack Canfield's book, The Success Principles, and see how our response to various events require a new response to come out ahead.  In part two our devotional topic is making friends with our problems so we can find and exper...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  In part one we continue with Jack Canfield's book, The Success Principles focusing on the concept of changing your responses to life events and we learn about two people caught in rush hour traffic following a California earthquake from several years ago.  In part two we explore the statement Refuse to Worry, why it is futile to worry, and how living in the...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Today we continue with Jack Canfield's book, The Success Principles, and how important it is for us to accept 100% responsibility for everything that happens in our lives.  This can be a hard concept to get, so let's talk about what he writes about.  In our morning devotional we focus on using discernment to know and recognize the voice of Jesus when o...

Good morning and good coffee!  I hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas with your family and friends.  One of my presents we a new Kindle Fire, and I downloaded a free book that I started reading... and I Love It!  It is titled The Success Principle by Jack Canfield (the guy who did all those Chicken Soup for the Soul books).  Within the first five minutes of reading the bo...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Today is a special anniversary; on December 24th, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 were the first Astronauts to witness an Earthrise from the far side of the moon.  They were amazed and changed by the experience.  Have you ever had an experience that changed you and your perspective?  In part two, our devotion gives us some good advice about what to do...

Good morning and good coffee!  This morning I wanted to share with you some of my fun memories of Christmas after watching the movie A Christmas Story last night (what a great movie!).  In part two our devotional study takes to the words "follow me" and not worrying about the paths of others.

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  What a wonderful time of year, and one of the things I enjoy most are receiving Christmas cards with family photos and letters from people I know and care about.  What a joy to see how our life paths have lead us in so many different directions.  We need to enjoy our own blessings and rejoice in the blessings of others and not compare ourselves, which...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  During our family Christmas Party yesterday I was reminded of the phenomenon involving the magnetism of water and it's power of influence on children.  In our devotional study we are going to look at worry, temptation, and keeping our focus on Jesus today. 

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  This morning as we look forward to Christmas many of us will be having family gatherings or parties, either in person or virtually.  So what better to keep the party fun and lively than to have a few Christmas Party Games!  In part one of the podcast, I share several ideas that can keep everyone awake and full of laughter!  In part two, we will lo...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  This morning I invite you to look at my Mom's Christmas decorations in our family room as I remember Christmastime from my childhood and say "Thanks Mom".  In our devotional we learn and focus on some key words including purposeful, blessing, grateful, and thankful and how they work together when we walk daily in the presence of Jesus.

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  This morning I was researching various online community platforms for my "I Can Overcome Anxiety" class, and it got me thinking about the concept of community, so I share with you some of my thoughts on the topic.  In part two, our devotional study focuses on the importance of understanding and communicating love.

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  We make choices every day, but have you ever thought why we make certain choices?  This morning I want to dig into this topic and see where it goes.  In part two, our devotional takes to the Pit of Self-Pity and how to stay out of it.

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Life is full of transitions, and this year is making some of those challenges very "challenging"!  Whether you are going through those transitions or it is a child that is graduating college, you will likely find that your plans from a year ago are not working today.  How do with rise to meet these challenges?  That is the topic of the first part...

Good morning and good coffee!  Can you be inspired by a morning sky that looks like cotton candy?  I was this morning, and it taught me an important lesson on appreciation that I share with you.  In our devotional study we will look at two important actions: Trust and Thanksgiving.

Good morning and good coffee!  This morning I want to share with you my excitement regarding the SpaceX launch yesterday of the test prototype of Starship and lessons we can apply from the fiery explosion at the end of its flight.  Then in our devotional we will explore our true center and what makes it truly special. 

Good morning and good coffee!  With the Christmas rush upon us and feelings of stress and distress all around, you may need to take some time for yourself and practice some self-soothing behaviors.  In today's podcast I will teach you a few that I use.  In our devotional study we are looking at the fact that many of us are feeling weighed down with life's burdens both big and small....

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Today I want to talk about some of the components of memories and how they can impact us at the time a memory is created and how it can impact us into the future.  For our devotional study we will look at the promise of Jesus, "I am with you" and how that belief and fact can help us in ways we likely never realized.

Good morning and good coffee!  I'm tweeking the format a little bit to include a bit of the old and new.  In part one I share with you my thoughts about Christmas decorating and traditions in the time of Covid when things done seem quite right.  In part two our devotional study looks at the transforming work that Jesus is doing in us every day, and how our rigid routine can get in t...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  In today's world it is so easy to become frustrated when he have to wait.  Idle, unproductive time.  Hurry up and wait.  What could be worse than sitting in a waiting room with no wifi or cell service!  But what if these moments were actually a precious gift from God.  Let's dig into this in today's podcast.

Good morning and good coffee!  What kind of a person does God want?  Strong, hansom, beautiful, graceful?  Nope.  He wants people with weaknesses, brokenness, limitations, etc.  Why? Because when we are weak, broken, or limited we are more apt to follow Him for strength and direction as our Good Shephard.

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  What is the best way to face the worries and anxieties about what is on the road ahead of you?  Keep your focus on you daily Companion and give yourself fully to Him.  What do I mean?  Have a listen to today's podcast.