I remember a long time ago, I was down at the hardware store, which is where most of my best thinking got done. I saw a friend waddling in, looking like he’d just wrestled a goat and lost. He wheels a broken lawnmower in with him and says, “Bojangles, this thing’s a communist plot! It […]
Retire Rich and Wild: Your Fun Guide to Planning the Ultimate Golden Years
You know that feeling, friend? The one you get standing in the hardware aisle on a Saturday morning, staring at a shelf of a hundred different kinds of screws, each one promising something slightly different. It’s the same feeling folks get when they’re told to “plan for retirement.” A mountain of confusing options, a future […]
Praying Over Your Progeny? A Dad’s Guide to Shielding Your Kids from the Devil’s Workshop
I remember one Saturday morning, clear as a bell. My daughter was about seven years old, and she came running into my hardware store with tears streaming down her face. “Daddy! My doll’s head fell off!” she wailed, holding the poor thing up by its leg like it was a roadkill rabbit. Now, I could’ve […]
Tame the Tempest: Your Guide to Taming Anger Before It Tames You
Seen a man’s face turn the color of a ripe beet during a game of checkers? I have. It was my cousin last summer – bless his heart – over a particularly bad move with a king that cost him the whole game. He was huffing and puffing like a bull, ready to blow down […]
Why Your Family’s Daily Prayer is a Secret Superpower
One time my wife, God bless her patient soul, caught our son, Timmy, trying to “negotiate” with his little sister’s teddy bear. He’d gotten into some mischief and was down on one knee, explaining that if the bear would just agree not to snitch, he’d trade him for a whole box of chocolate-chip cookies. Now, […]
Stop Hating Your Job! 5 Simple Tricks for Real Happiness at Work
I remember a fella once came into my hardware store looking for a specific kind of nail. He needed the right one, you see – for this particular project he was on. Spent twenty minutes pacing around, sighing like his best friend had stolen his last biscuit. I finally asked him, “Son, what’s the problem?” […]
Building Faith-Fueled Communities in a World That’s Lost Its Way
I remember the day old Man Harper – bless his soul – told me about the time he tried to sell a left-handed hammer. Took him a solid hour of polite confusion and a few good-natured laughs before the fella walked out, shaking his head. Now why on earth would anyone need such a contraption? […]
Tame Your Scrolling Beast: A Down-Home Guide to Peaceful Social Media
I’ll never forget the time my nephew was trying to explain TikTok to me. I thought it was a new kind of toe-tapping dance. Turns out, it’s more like a digital carnival that never sleeps – and folks are spending more time staring at its bright lights than they are at their own dinner tables. […]
Negotiating Your Pay with Grace and Gumption!
Remember the good old days in the lunchroom? Watching the smaller kids get picked on by the bigger ones, only to see them come crawling back later with a half-eaten cookie and a pleading “Please, can I have some?” It’s a natural human instinct: we fear asking for what we’re worth, worried we’ll be seen […]
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