JumpStart – Helping Others

JumpStart – Helping Others

VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS Back when I was a minister, I would often conclude funerals by encouraging those attending to do something good for someone else within 24 hours of the funeral as a way of honoring in the deceased person. Why? Because it made the grieving people...
JumpStart – Fast AND Steady

JumpStart – Fast AND Steady

AUDIO SYNOPSIS People misunderstand the story of the tortoise and the hare. “Slow and steady wins the race“ is half right. The rabbit didn’t lose the race because he moved forward quickly. He lost because he slow down when he was ahead. Hardly anyone ever burned out...
To You; Love God Tuesday – Love Part 2

To You; Love God Tuesday – Love Part 2

VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS What is love? How do you encapsulate something so broad sweeping as love? And if God were to speak on love, what would God say? In today’s JumpStart, I attempt to answer that question as poetically as I can. I hope you find it...
JumpStart – Arriving Alive

JumpStart – Arriving Alive

AUDIO SYNOPSIS Yesterday, a car right behind me got t-boned in an intersection by a big truck. CRASH!! JUST 50 FEET BEHIND ME! My first thought was, “I wonder if the driver of the truck was texting while driving?” Last year, I flew to Arizona to speak to a large group...
JumpStart – Gratitude

JumpStart – Gratitude

Video Audio Synopsis Gratitude is the expressway to happiness and enlightenment. Gratitude shifts your focus from darkness to light. Gratitude shortens the pain of loss and increases feelings of joy. Gratitude is infinitely powerful and yet so often overlooked. It’s...
JumpStart – Setpoints

JumpStart – Setpoints

Video Audio Synopsis The other day, I was listening to a radio show on the science of losing weight. A weight loss expert from Harvard University spoke at length about weight “set points” — those internal thermostats our body just seem to magically gravitate...