Run Your Race and Ignore the Sidelines
In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was a 20-year old college student at Syracuse University when she became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. Although women weren’t allowed to complete, she registered using her initials and participated. During the race, marathon official Jock Semple realized Switzer was a woman and attempted to physically remove her […]
10 Quotes by Charles Spurgeon on Prayer & Bible Study
Charles Spurgeon is known as the “Prince of Preachers” for good reason. The British Baptist Pastor preached 3500 sermons to an estimated 10 million people, a jaw-dropping number in a pre-internet era. During his ministry, Spurgeon wrote 49 volumes of commentaries and devotionals, and the complete collection of his sermons fills 63 volumes, making it […]
The One Word You Must Say to Reach Your Potential
Every four years, millions of Americans gather around their TV’s to watch the Olympics. We marvel at the athlete’s physical feats and watch slack-jawed as their athletic prowess captivates the entire world. By the time an athlete has worked her way to the Olympics, she has spent tens of thousands of hours training for those […]
The Perils of Social Media: Choosing Our Words Carefully
Last November, I, along with many of you watched in horror as my home state of Tennessee suffered its most destructive fire in over a century. The spark started in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and rapidly spread to Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. Officials determined that two teenagers started the fire that killed 14 […]