Category: Rich’s Ride

What would Jesus think? I’ve been doing a little exercise based on 10 Ways You Can Enjoy An Intentional Christmas. I’m trying to spend some time each day at the nativity scene, wondering about the thoughts, emotions, and experiences of each character. I found myself wondering how Jesus would respond to the presence of a […]

Happy Monday! For the next few Mondays, I’ll post a series of excerpts from RELENTLESS GRACE. You can read previous excerpts here. I hope you enjoy them, and that you’ll encounter God’s invitation to give hope another chance. ELEVATOR–Part 2 (Relentless Grace Excerpt #9) Note: This is part 2 of my initial unassisted encounter with an elevator( […]

I felt lost, and I desperately wanted God to show up. Instead, people appeared and gradually helped me toward the light. Only later did I realize that was how God shows up. How can you help someone who needs you? I’ve been working on a presentation for folks who are working in difficult areas of […]

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. Benjamin Franklin It’s a lot easier to assert my rights than to act responsibly.

Congress acknowledged that society’s accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment. William J. Brennan, Jr. I have a confession: I tend to get possessive and judgmental about disabled parking spaces.

A leader inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more. A reader recently emailed and asked if I ever did motivational speaking with groups of young people. I love speaking to kids. You don’t teach math for thirty-five years, especially at the middle school level, if you don’t like interacting with […]

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. Dr. Seuss I think we create most of our own stress. I acknowledge that life’s not always easy. Some of our struggles are our own fault, and some aren’t. We all make mistakes, and […]

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Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. Garth Brooks Most of my frustrations arise from my own unmet expectations. I always seem to begin a project with the unspoken idea that nothing will go wrong. Somehow, I acquired the notion that things are supposed to happen according to my plans. But life doesn’t work […]

The person who really wants to do something finds a way; the other person finds an excuse. I’m a world-class excuse-maker.

The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right.  I’m speaking next week to a group on the topic of ACHIEVING YOUR DREAMS.

Never allow what you cannot do to interfere with what you can do. ~ John Wooden Whenever I speak to a group about adversity and dreams, I try to communicate the principle of REALISTIC OPTIMISM. I use The 8000/2000 Principle as an illustration.