Let the Games Begin!
It’s hard to believe that the Olympics start today. I live in Vancouver. These are our games. We’ve been hearing about the Olympics, pretty much non-stop, for seven years. In and around Vancouver the games are everywhere you look. They are in the signs that tell me the new highway is complete, and in commercials […] Read More >
What Does Success Mean to You?
Recently, NHL hockey star Ilya Kovalchuk turned down a contract offer of $101,000,000 (that’s a hundred and one million dollars) over 12 years. His team, the Atlanta Thrashers, had no other option: they traded him. (Source: MSNBC) If he had accepted the contract, it would have made him the highest paid player in the NHL, […] Read More >
Why We Love Love Letters
Of all the articles I’ve written over the past 10 years, it’s my article on how to write a love letter that gets all the attention. I’ve been interviewed about it three times – twice on the radio and once for a newspaper in Dallas. Love letters capture our hearts and our imaginations and with […] Read More >
Super Bowl XLIV: Dare to Dream
I am not a football fan, but it’s hard to ignore the Super Bowl especially this year with its David and Goliath, ripped from a Hollywood screenplay match-up. As I’m sure you’ve heard, the New Orleans Saints will make their Superbowl debut this year up against the epic Indianapolis Colts. Super Bowl XLIV (44 if […] Read More >
Invest in Your Relationships
How are your relationships with your family, your friends? As a culture we do not have strong relationships the way that we used to. In the past there were very strong communities. Generations stayed in the same area and spoke into each others’ lives. It takes years to build the type of friendship where you […] Read More >
Haiti: I Chose to Stay
Photos of the suffering in Haiti are inescapable. For Curt & Michelle Friesen of Okotoks, Alberta the images are personal. Their daughter Jessica, 18, flew to Haiti to volunteer at an orphanage the day before an earthquake rocked the impoverished nation. First things first, Jessica is safe. Amazingly, she was able to phone her parents […] Read More >
What do you hope for in 2010?
It was almost 15 years ago that the Spice Girls implored us, “Tell me what you want, what you really, really want.” (Sorry for the earworm.) The mystery of what they were actually singing has long been solved, (“really really really wanna zigazig ha” still makes no sense) but many of us are still trying […] Read More >
Chris Henry & Tiger Woods: Private Disputes Steal Headlines
The news is full of crumbling relationships. Disputes and betrayals result in divorce, devastation and in one tragic story this week, even death. We can’t help but watch with a combination of disgust and intrigue. The people who we’ve placed on the pedestal of success are letting us down. In a sick way it makes […] Read More >
What do you crave?
It seems no matter how much we have, or experience, we always want more. Read More >
Soul Cravings: Crave Meaning (Part 2)
Author of Soul Cravings, Erwin McManus, talks about humanity’s intrinsic desire to find meaning. (This is Part 2, watch Part 1 here) For more about Soul Cravings, explore the rest of our site! Read More >
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