What’s the Source of Wisdom and How is it Gained?
When I think about wisdom and how it is gained, I immediately go to personal experience and where I have failed to use wisdom or where I simply did not have wisdom. For instance, when a friend of mine and I were much younger, we thought we would have fun with some...
Why A Constant Preparation Mode Is So Important
Being in a constant mode of preparation is this month’s Year of Listening Up (#YLU) topic and it’s one that is near and dear to my heart. Throughout the narrative of Listen Up, Kids, I offer a lot of examples of how I can look back on my life and show others how God...Seeking Knowledge: A Time to Wander and a Time to Wonder
I slept on the downstairs couch despite having a full-size bed and a room of my own almost directly above where I slept until high school. Why is that, you ask? It’s because that’s where the television was located. But, before you start thinking all those thoughts...
The Real Purpose for Mastering the Sword
Hello. My name is Chad Gramling. I serve my father. I’m prepared to die. Inigo Montoya teaches us all about the qualities of perseverance, passion, and focus. So dedicated to his purpose (to avenge his father’s death), he dedicated his life to mastering the sword so...
Conquer Your Demons by Growing Where You’re Planted
We often see good and capable people with brilliant intellects or skills fall into the perils of drugs, alcohol, gambling, and a myriad of other addictions. Whether it is a famous athlete, musician or someone like Ricky the third shift supervisor or Linda the CEO,...Praylist: All I Need to Know by Thousand Foot Krutch
On my way to work while waiting at a red light around roughly the year 2000, I saw a bumper sticker on the car in front of me that read “God Bless the Freaks” along with a radio station frequency. Intrigued but not thinking it was from the area, I tuned...
The Risk in Standing for Indecision
Do you know what happens to the man who is so indecisive that he continually finds himself with one foot on both sides of the fence? He gets a sore crotch. I always get a chuckle out of that ancient proverb – and I am of course using the term “proverb” quite loosely...