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TAKE THE LONG VIEW!

      There was a time when one of the first things that an older person would ask a teenager is: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”  In that one question, the elder would demonstrate to the younger that there was more to life than ‘texting and gaming’. 

      In that one question is the wisdom in taking ‘the long view’ of life.

      Somehow, many have become ‘time compressed’ to deliberately overlook the social graces of God, Bible and ‘good religion’, as well as just

DON’T BE SHOCKED AS THE ‘PRETENDERS’ VANISH!

      This is going to be one of those columns that you will not only want to hang onto, but you will also want to pass on to your sons—and even grandsons—because it will contain some truths that SHOULD be taught in school.  Unfortunately, these truths are often ‘caught’ through real life experience, Amen?

      A few summers ago, I had the opportunity to teach at a Vacation Bible School (VBS) Institute.  I was blessed to host a course on “Introduction

COACH PRIME: THAT SPIRITUAL SPARK!

      I wanted to put in my .02 on the continuing adventures—and critics—of Coach Prime.  I will be doing so, though, from a historical viewpoint that many have overlooked—and I will be more than happy to lay out.

      I find it highly amazing—but not shocking—that Coach Prime (aka Deion Sanders for those who have been hiding under a rock during his twin careers in football and baseball) has been named the Head Coach of the Colorado Buffaloes.  I also am NOT sh