Cultivate Courage Blog
Umm….Excuse Me, But….
It had been a busy morning. I had made three stops to visit or find three different people. My first stop was at our church. I was dropping off a book for a lady who had a Bible study that began at 9:15. At about 9:10 I was looking into the room filled with about...
Teach Your Children Well…and Early!
It was a people watchers paradise. A block wall, just high enough to double as a bench, lined each side of the blacktop pathway leading into or out of Silver Dollar City, a theme park in Branson, Missouri. I was the first of our group of eight to arrive at our...
Learning to Look Through a Different Lens
One week from tomorrow, Tuesday, August 28, my grandson, Theo will undergo open-heart surgery. You may remember I wrote about Theo a couple of months ago. You can see that post by clicking here. As his grandfather, I am scared. I’m scared for him, for his mom and...
Can I Get a Little Help Here, Please?
Heading into the water I was afraid. The voice got louder with every wet step. “Why in the world are you doing this? You’re crazy! You’re never going to finish this and you might even die!” It was my first, and to this date, last, triathlon. My brother and...
Courage Requires a Price
It was the summer of 1961. I was six years old. I was at my older brother’s baseball game behind West Ward Elementary School in Wahoo, NE. It was the bottom half of the last inning and if my brother’s team got the other team out without scoring any runs they would win...
The Strong, Silent Type
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice saying, “You can do this.” Over the past week I have had four regular readers of my blog reach out to me with their stories of courage. In each case they mentioned the natural inclination to withdraw...
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