I so dislike waiting on anything. Whether waiting in line or waiting for an appointment, the simple fact that I am waiting drives me absolutely bonkers! It's a shortcoming of which I am well aware. In an attempt to overcome this personal flaw, many years ago, I took...
Today, we are rounding out our discussion of Aligning With God's Will in our Year of Listening Up by pondering God's plans. Yesterday, I introduced you to Daniel Fusco's book, "Honestly" which releases April 1 (go order it now, seriously, you will thank me). In...
Leadership is a tricky thing to pinpoint. We have all sorts of stereotypical visions of what leadership is and there are more philosophies than any of us care to admit. But we rarely consider the idea of self-leadership. So, here’s a confession: I am my own worst...
One of the recurring themes throughout my life is the concept of self-defeat. I share exactly how this manifested throughout my whole life in Listen Up, Kids, so I won't belabor the point here. I bring it up mostly to introduce the next topic in our Year of...
Before there was 1Glories, there were several other blogs. My personal blog, a baseball blog, a blog specific to the history of baseball in northeast Indiana, a blog to explore ins and outs of social media, a one-year only blog that sought to opine on a...
This is an updated repost from 10/11/2014. As a blog, 1Glories has been around for a handful of years and absolutely nothing had come of it until recently. There had been few readers, no following, and no cohesion despite genuine efforts to replicate the blogging...
Today, we continue to explore Being Available to God & God's Call as part of our Year of Listening Up series. Having introduced it last week and sharing some context, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to read what some other bloggers have said on the...
This being the last day of 2015, I wanted to take a moment and share my gratitude to everyone who has encouraged me and taken part in refining life on purpose here at 1Glories throughout the year. I’ve personally learned a lot and experienced a lot of growth as a...
What are your long-term goals and dreams? That’s a tough question to answer for many of us, but it’s an important one to ask. Why are long-term goals and dreams so important? Well, as the recently departed Yogi Berra is credited with saying, “If you don’t know where...