Clyde Cook, named after the River Clyde in Scotland, was a giant of a man. There is no one I admire more, no one in my memory who has touched so many lives worldwide in such a personal way. But even giants don’t travel alone; this one walked with His Savior and with his greatly […]
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Reflections on a Giant
April 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Reflections on a Giant · Character, Friends, Influencers, Leadership, Spiritual Journey
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A Giant Has Left Us: Clyde Cook with the Savior
April 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on A Giant Has Left Us: Clyde Cook with the Savior · Character, Friends, Influencers, Leadership, Spiritual Journey
Words fail to describe the impact of Dr. Clyde Cook on my life, the life of my family, and the lives of untold thousands he touched during his distinguished life and ministry. More personal thoughts will follow later. For now, here is an excellent article reprinted courtesy of Assist News Service. Dr. Clyde Cook, former […]
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William Butler Yeats on Tragedy & Joy
February 28th, 2008 · Comments Off on William Butler Yeats on Tragedy & Joy · Honest Reflections, Spiritual Journey, Uncategorized
William Butler Yeats, Irish poet and Nobel Prize for Literature winner, captures my aging sense of the flow of life in this fallen and broken world: “Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him during temporary periods of joy.” This life is full of thorns and thistles. God didn’t make the […]
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Am I a True Friend to Anyone? They to Me?
February 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Am I a True Friend to Anyone? They to Me? · Spiritual Journey
Tim Keller, once again, said something that drove deep into my soul: “A true friend always lets you in . . . and never lets you down.” Am I that kind of friend to anyone? I think so. I hope so. I have a few people in my life who return that favor. But not […]
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One Solitary Life
December 25th, 2007 · Comments Off on One Solitary Life · Religion, Spiritual Journey
He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant. He grew up in another village, where he worked in a carpenter shop until he was 30. Then, for three years, he was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had a family or owned […]
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Scattershooting Again . . .
November 29th, 2007 · Comments Off on Scattershooting Again . . . · Cancer, Leadership, Money, Politics, Spiritual Journey, Values
Scattershooting while wondering whatever happened to Ernest Aingely. . . . I sit tethered to my bag of Rituxan® as it slowly moves into my right hand and into my body. This is my first chemo in the infusion room of Texas Oncology at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. I think I should start a chain […]
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