Celebrate Baseball’s Opening Day With These 7 Refining Reads
Today is Opening Day in a few Major League Baseball (MLB) cities and, within a few days, all teams will be in full swing (pun intended) on another great season of America’s National Pastime. Just in case you didn’t already know this about me, I am a...
Will Your Obituary Tell of Pursuing Greater Desires?
His father was a munitions developer of the 1830’s and Alfred joined him in the business at an early age. At the time, explosives were highly unstable because it was literally black gun powder ignited by a fuse. By the time he was an adult, he was fluent in five...
Tully Blanchard: from Styling and Profiling to Prison Ministry
Tully Blanchard was born into a professional wrestling family. The son of wrestling promoter and star Joe Blanchard, Tully got involved in the family business early. He began by selling programs and refreshments. Later, he did some refereeing. The business led him to...
Sheila E. Drums Up the Greater Desires of Life’s Call
Sheila E was born Sheila Escovedo, the daughter of Latin percussionist Peter Escovedo. She’s a world-class drummer/percussionist and Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter. She’s a musician, actress, mentor, and philanthropist. She’s collaborated with some of the...
Greater Desires: Kirk Cameron Shows the Way of the Master
At age 14, Kirk Cameron began the role as Mike Seaver on the hit television show, Growing Pains. It sent him flying down a path of instant stardom. He was also pulled into the entertainment industry and enjoying “the good life” at pretty much every corner. Having not...
A Series of Greater Desires & Free eBook with Bonus Content
We were created to serve and glorify God. And God desires big dreams. In the course of that service, we’re also being called to do something big. This series features the sharing of some stories designed to inspire us to pursue a higher call. Such dreams reach...
Serving Greater Desires – Justin Masterson
Yesterday, I profiled the life of Billy Sunday, a baseball player turned evangelist. Not only did he lead many to Christ, he had a hand in the chain of witnesses who ultimately led Billy Graham to Christ. His decision to shift from the base paths to God’s path made an...