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 […]
How to Bounce Back from Life’s Curves
Ever see a Southern fella try to parallel park his old pickup truck? It ain’t pretty. There’s a lot of grinding gears, a fair bit of sweating, and usually ends with the truck sitting at a jaunty angle that’d make a drunk man jealous. Now, that’s adversity in a nutshell – unexpected, a little embarrassing, […]
Your Right to Believe: How Freedom of Religion Builds a Better World
Let’s talk about something that might not be on your mind first thing in the morning, but it oughta be. I’m talking ‘bout religious freedom. Now, when you hear that, what comes to mind? Some dry legal argument? A political shouting match? Let me ask ya this: Have you ever tried to tell a mama […]
AI Mentors? A Digital Guide to Faster Success?
Remember the first time you tried to assemble IKEA furniture without those confusing little drawings? You ended up with a wobbly chair that looked more like modern art than functional seating. What if you had a personal guide, right there in your pocket, telling you exactly which screw goes where? That’s the promise of Mentorship […]
How to Raise Saints in a Sinners’ World: A Dad’s Guide to Catholic Parenting
The other day, I was down at the church potluck, and young one comes running up to me with this concerned look on her face. “Papa Bojangles,” she says, “I saw a commercial for a toy that talks back! And it’s not very nice words!” I just chuckled and said, “Well, honey, some folks think […]
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