Ed DelphAug 21, 2021Unmet Expectations Minus Real Reality Equals…? We live in a success-driven world that generally believes and endorses an awkward value. That awkward value is the issue of success....
Ed DelphAug 14, 2021Want to go up? Write it down! An eighty-year-old couple was worried because they kept forgetting things all the time. The doctor assured them that there was nothing...
Ed DelphAug 7, 2021More Smiles Per Hour I like our article title today. Life can be about increasing your and other's smiles per hour if you know Who the accelerator is and...
Ed DelphJul 31, 2021See, Then Be, the ChangeHere’s a story to get your mojo going today. Two guys are talking about their boss's upcoming wedding. The first guy says, "It's...
Ed DelphJul 24, 2021The Obvious Difference of a ‘Belonger’We often miss the obvious. Let me illustrate with a story. A farmer couldn't tell his two horses apart, so he tried cutting the tail off...
Ed DelphJul 17, 2021Improving Your Life’s Batting Average Years ago, a great teacher named Bob Mumford had this thought. He said, “If you want to increase your batting average, you have to stop...
Ed DelphJul 10, 2021Managing Yourself from the Inside Out Lately, many people I'm meeting are apprehensive about the future. I can’t blame them. We feel like we have never been this way before....
Ed DelphJul 3, 2021Upgrade Your Birthday: Take a Cha—Cha—Cha—Chance One of my favorite people in the world is my brother-in-law, who is celebrating his 80th birthday this month, July 2021. I thought I...
Ed DelphJun 26, 2021Church and Culture Encounters of the 2021 Kind Cartoonist Gary Larsen inked quite a word picture in a cartoon. It is a picture of a big male deer with a target on his belly. Another...
Ed DelphJun 19, 2021You’d Do Well to Know Them Better Many times in life, we make judgments about behavior we don't understand. Often the younger look at older people as people to be...
Ed DelphJun 5, 2021A Strategy You Know, But Don’t Know Have you ever heard of the Doberman Pinscher strategy? You have seen it in operation but have not seen what caused it. Let’s say someone...
Ed DelphJun 3, 2021Close Friendships: Annuals or Perennials? I recently read the following short story from a weekly newsletter from my real estate agent and friend, Joe Karcie, in Prescott,...
Ed DelphMay 15, 2021When is Enough, Enough? In today's world, almost everyone is looking for perfection. Perfection seekers seek the perfect partner, perfect job, perfect life,...
Ed DelphMay 15, 2021Two-Faced or True Faced? A minister told his congregation, "Next week, I plan to speak about the sin of lying. To help you understand my sermon, I want you all to...
Ed DelphMay 15, 2021Amazingly Graced Phyllis and Perhaps You One of the most extraordinary experiences of my life was serving as a Singles Pastor at two different churches in the Phoenix area. From...
Ed DelphMay 15, 2021Your Future—A Choice or a Chance? Here is a true story of a composer and a potential forgiveness issue. Every Christmas, composer Giacomo Puccini would have a cake baked...
Ed DelphMay 15, 2021Exploring Outer Space and Inner Space A professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, he picked up a large and empty...
Ed DelphMay 15, 2021Uplifting Passion is an Inside Job Consider this statement by Pastor Bill Johnson. When we live out of discipline, we are admired. When we live out of passion, we are...
Ed DelphMay 15, 2021What's in Your Diary? Here's a great illustration I found on the internet of two different perspectives…one coming from Venus (a feminine perspective) and the...
Ed DelphApr 3, 2021When Obvious, Isn’t So Obvious Sometimes we struggle to embrace what should be obvious. Here are some original, amusing headlines in respected newspapers and magazines...
