Coach John Wooden – Pyramid of Success

June 6, 2010
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My Dad was a basketball coach. I remember him reading John Wooden books when I was growing up. John Wooden influenced a man’s character. Coach Wooden coaching style and discipline certainly influenced my father. And indeed that influenced me.
If you are not familiar with Coach Wooden’s Pyramid of Success, please click here and read about [...]

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Tombstone Symbolism

June 1, 2010
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CNN posted an interesting collection and discussion of Christian and Jewish cemetary headstones. Tombstone Symbolism.
Read the comments below on the post and you will see the silly discussion about what God does and doesn’t do from both foolish “believers” and non-believers. It always strikes me as odd that since we people cannot be God, we [...]

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Icon of Hope

May 28, 2010
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Who is your Inunnguaq? The Icon of Hope is a Gift of Gratitude for someone who has helped you on our journey.
The Inuit people of Northern Canada build stone structures to point the way across desolate tundra and ice. Sometimes built in the shape of a man, they are called Inunnguaq. These stone sentinels can [...]

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Basketball and the Game of Life

April 5, 2010
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Yes, I LOVE Basketball.  My dad was a basketball coach. I love the headiness of the game. Basketball is a sport where game knowledge, savvy, and scrapiness will trump talent. I am not an raw athlete – I can’t jump and I’m skinny. When I walk on the court with a bunch of other players who don’t [...]

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The Easter Egg – a Symbol of New Life

April 4, 2010
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The Easter Egg represents rebirth for a new life as represented by the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Early Christians painted the eggs red.  It was to symbolize the blood of Jesus shed on the cross, the egg shell symbolized the tomb in which he was buried, and cracking the egg on Easter morning represented the [...]

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The Symbolic Cross

April 2, 2010
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The Christian Cross is bleeds with symbolism.  Today, this Friday, is called Good Friday.  It is the day that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified.  The cross now symbolizes the atonement of man to God. 
However, it’ adoption has a rich history of politics, lust, goodness, and holiness. Below is an excerpt of an interpretation called the [...]

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Symbolism of Ash Wednesday

March 31, 2010
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Ash Wednesday derives its name from the practice of placing ashes on the Christian followers’ foreheads as a sign of repentance. The ashes used are typically gathered after the Palm Crosses from the previous year’s Palm Sunday are burned. In the liturgical practice of some churches, the ashes are mixed with the Oil of the Catechumens [...]

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Symbolism of Palm Sunday

March 28, 2010
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The Sunday before Easter begins the Christian Holy Week. This day is Palm Sunday.
The symbolism of Jesus riding a donkey and while his followers laid palm branches  before his path is a fulfillment of a prophecy by the prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 9:9). It was a regional custom called for kings and nobles arriving in procession to [...]

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