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Welcome to 1Glories, the creative and publishing hub for Chad Gramling. Through captivating storytelling, history, and art, Chad bridges the past and present to inspire a more thoughtful, creative future.

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Fly on, Thunderbird, Fly & the Quiet Riot in My Soul

by Chad Gramling | September 26, 2024 | anxiety, Attitude, Change, Christian Living, Ecclesiastes, Featured, Freedom, Fulfillment, Hope, Humility, Identity, Life Seasons, Mental Health, Peace, Personal Growth, Philippians, Testimony, Thankfulness, Trials, Wellness | 0 Comments

The Coming New Digital Hell

by Chad Gramling | June 23, 2023 | big picture, Change, Culture, Darkness, Featured, Hell, Parenting, Regret, Trials | 0 Comments

Many technophobes experience a personal digital hell on a daily basis. But, fast forward 100 years to a fully digitized society. Physical newspapers and magazines have ceased to exist. Books are all nestled within the Applazon Cloud by monopolizing the rights when the…

A Community’s Legacy of Change

by Chad Gramling | October 10, 2022 | Change, Community, Culture, Featured, Fulfillment, Identity, Next, Stewardship | 0 Comments

I recently sat on the outside patio of the Auburn, Indiana Starbucks, pondering historical legacy in the context of community. Many years ago, as a teenager, this very spot might have been where I experienced the first garlicy joys of Fazoli’s breadsticks. Before…

Welcome to My Last “Blog Post”

by Chad Gramling | September 5, 2022 | Attitude, big picture, Featured, Inspiration, Next, Personal Growth, Purpose, Revelation, Taking Risks | 2 Comments

Have you noticed I don’t post on my blog at 1Glories all that often any longer? Here’s why: it became a distraction. If you’ve ever blogged and tried to do so, you know that chasing visits, clicks, optimizing for search and such is exhausting! The blogger has to have…

When Being Teachable Takes More Humility than Smarts

by Chad Gramling | January 3, 2022 | Attitude, big picture, Change, Discernment, Featured, Humility, Identity, Integrity, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Proverbs, Psalms, Shaping, Wisdom, Work Life | 0 Comments

Early in my career, an email changed my life by helping me realize I was unteachable. Thankfully, I took it to heart and have grown more than I ever would have had it not been sent.

What it Means to Take the Fork in the Road

by Chad Gramling | December 31, 2021 | 1Glories, adversity, big-picture, Featured, Fulfillment, Hebrews, Leadership, Matthew, Mental Health, Proverbs, Psalms, Regret, Resolve, Stress, Taking Risks, Trust, Tweetable, Wisdom | 2 Comments

Baseball had just lost one of its greatest personalities with the passing of Yogi Berra when I originally wrote this post in 2015. In addition to being a great player, manager, and war veteran, Berra was well-known for his Yogi-isms. Upon first hearing many, they…

Why Do We Expect World Peace From Miss America, But Not Jesus?

by Chad Gramling | December 30, 2021 | Acts, adversity, anxiety, Christian Living, Contentment, Depression, Discernment, Faith, Fulfillment, Grace, Healing, Hope, Humility, Identity, Inspiration, Introverts, John, Life Seasons, Listening Up, Mark, Matthew, Mental Health, Obedience, Old Testament, Personal Growth, Resolve, Scripture, Stress, Trials, Wisdom, YLU18, YLU18-Peace | 1 Comment

World Peace is one of just two easy answers in life. It’s the correct response when a pageant contestant is asked what she would most want to see happen during her lifetime. This response is the mocked canned answer made famous in the movie Miss Congeniality. The…

Why You Don’t Have it All Together and What You Can Do About it

by Chad Gramling | December 30, 2021 | big picture, Cast Your Line Toward the Future, Discernment, Faith, Fulfillment, Grace, Hope, Leadership, Listening Up, Paul, Personal Growth, Shaping, Taking Risks, Work Life, YLU17 | 0 Comments

I like to think I have it all together. There are times, though, where I’m completely fractured and anything but. That may be why I am fascinated by stories that have highly flawed people in them. It keeps me grounded and mindful that I too am highly flawed. It’s more…

The Freedom Gained Through Forgiveness

by Chad Gramling | December 29, 2021 | big-picture, Change, Christian Living, Colossians, Ephesians, Forgiveness, Freedom, Fulfillment, Grace, Humility, Matthew, Mental Health, Obedience, Old Testament, Personal Growth, Scripture | 3 Comments

Withholding Forgiveness enslaves all involved. Free others AND YOURSELF of the bitter shackles that hold you back.

What the Bible Says About Making Comebacks

by Chad Gramling | December 29, 2021 | adversity, big picture, Change, Discernment, Faith, Featured, Fulfillment, Galatians, Go from Low to Glow, Grace, Habakkuk, Hebrews, Hope, Inspiration, James, Leadership, Life Seasons, Mental Health, Personal Growth, providence, Purpose, Romans, Shaping, Sin, Stress, The Potter, Trials, Tweetable, Wisdom | 0 Comments

God is a God of Comebacks. I know this to be true. You see, when I first wrote this post back in 2016, I really wondered if I could stage a comeback, or if I was done for. I was down and out, feeling very much a failure. Emotionally spent and clinging to hope, I asked…