Complete
“Did you give 100% effort?” a coach asks his team. “Is that the best you can do?” a drill sergeant screams at his new recruits. “Did you deliver?” a manager asks her direct report. Three...
Category: Devotionals
Endure
Runners train long and hard before ever stepping up to the starting line of an elite race like the Boston Marathon. The race itself, like all marathons, is 26.2 miles long, and its average race time...
Defend
Historians and military leaders alike have pored over the events that led the United States into World War II. The war had been raging since Hitler’s evil advance into Poland in 1939, but it...
Pay
Driving fast, going on shopping sprees, and eating extra dessert might be fun activities, but paying a speeding ticket, paying a huge credit-card bill, and paying with a bloated stomach because we ate...
Embolden
It takes guts to make a bold statement. Everyone who has ever told their boss they wanted a raise or spoken up against popular opinion in a tense meeting can attest it’s not easy.
Promise
Promises are often quid pro quo arrangements in which each side gives something in exchange for something else. Brides and grooms sign a legal promise at the altar, agreeing to love and honor each...
Read
Having a storybook read aloud to you is one of the purest pleasures of childhood—and one of the greatest joys of parenthood. Many parents recount reading bedtime stories to their kids as among their...
Redo
In the blockbuster 1993 comedy, Groundhog Day, weatherman Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray) gets trapped in a time warp, redoing one particular Groundhog Day 38 times—and making reference to...
Judge
“Don’t judge” has become a common push-back when someone feels looked-down upon or misunderstood. And at times, that push-back makes sense. No one should be judged unfairly because of their...