by Jerry Long | Jul 2, 2018 | Inspiration
Throughout life many potential dance partners look us in the eye and ask, “May I have this dance?” One of those potential partners is drudgery—that life stage where work and life are dull and fatiguing, and labor is uninspired or menial.1Drudgery is that stage of life...
by Jerry Long | May 1, 2018 | Inspiration
Tomfoolery. Merriam-Webster defines it simply as “foolish or silly behavior.” Some of its synonyms are buffoonery, monkey business, and nonsense. I like to define it as foolishness on steroids. Whereas the word most often refers to foolish or silly behavior, it...
by Jerry Long | Mar 30, 2018 | Inspiration
Too bad football isn’t played in April, because what happened prior to the Clemson/University of SC football game in November 1961 would easily qualify as one of the greatest April Fool’s jokes of all time. The fact that it didn’t happen on April 1 does not diminish...
by Jerry Long | Mar 2, 2018 | Inspiration
Writer and minister Matt Tullos tells of the time he asked his grandfather where his 72 year-old grandmother was. His grandfather, whom he called Goodbuddy, responded, “She’s gone to the beauty shop. She never gives up.”1While Goodbuddy’s words bring a smile to our...
by Jerry Long | Feb 4, 2018 | Inspiration
David versus Goliath is one of the best known face-offs in history, even for individuals who do not consider themselves religious. Recently while rereading that story, something caught my attention that never has before. Let me first give some background on the story,...
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