Sitting on our front porch, my wife and I were enjoying a quiet evening watching neighbors stroll by on the sidewalk. With little warning, a stray cloud unleashed a sprinkle of rain as a couple was …
Elijah-Living Outside the Comfort Zone: Lead Others to Serve (YOU-Sum’21, Study 2, Session 6)
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”30 So said Nelson …
Elijah-Living Outside the Comfort Zone: Serve When Discouraged (YOU-Sum’21, Study 2, Session 5)
Playing hurt isn’t new for African-American Major League baseball players. LaTroy Hawkins was a MLB pitcher from 1995-2015. While in Minnesota his fastball and earned runs average caught the attention …
Elijah-Living Outside the Comfort Zone: Serve With Loyalty (YOU-Sum’21, Study 2, Session 4)
Semper Fidelis, Latin for “Always Faithful,” has been the U.S. Marine Corps motto since 1883. It expresses the Marines’ pledge to remain faithful always, no matter what. Semper Fidelis, Latin for …
Elijah-Living Outside the Comfort Zone: Serve Through Prayer (YOU-Sum’21, Study 2, Session 3)
In 1984, an 18-year-old, African-American man named Thomas Haynesworth was on an errand for his mother. While running this errand, a victim of a recent sexual assault saw him and falsely identified …
Elijah-Living Outside the Comfort Zone: Serve With Trust (YOU-Sum’21, Study 2, Session 2)
On June 30, 1859, tightrope walker Charles Blondin shocked the world when he walked just over a thousand feet across Niagara Falls on a cable about three inches thick. The cable sagged about sixty …