You may remember that in the mid-2000s there was a huge pseudo-psychological movement around, “The Secret”. The Secret, as it was called, was the truth behind positive intentionality. The video that I bought back then claimed that the church and many other organizations were trying to suppress, The Secret so

A woman I have known since I was in literally primary school passed away recently. It was heartbreaking to find this out. Though I had not talked to her since high school, we reconnected on Facebook. She was married with children now, of course. However, to me she was still

When I worked at Morningstar, I would give phone support to those called in looking for assistance with our software. One time a man asked me, “When will Morningstar be making an IPO (Initial Public Offering)?” I did not know but I think if I had and I had said

by W M 04/13/2022 Creator, the only God there is, Lord Jesus, who is just to forgive all our sins, Holy Spirit, our help; we adore You (Genesis 1-2) (1 John 1:9) (Matthew 28:19) (Psalm 34:1-4). We call upon you because you are God, who does not delight when wicked people

James Stramaglia has been working in the court systems for the majority of his professional life. He is now the Assistant Administrator of the Court Reporting Services of Will County Illinois. It was a career path that began unexpectedly; you could even say unknowingly.  After graduating from high school, James

There is an old saying, ‘You cannot make an omelette unless you are willing to break some eggs!’ This has many meanings but one meaning refers to the fact you may have to risk something and not look back to get something you want, because you cannot put the egg back in the shell. The

I have been thinking a lot lately about the differences between men and women regarding their different approaches to mating and dating. It is common knowledge that men are made to want to spread their seed as far and as wide as they can. While women are made to find

by MICHAEL BRESCIANI  09/01/2020 Without resorting to entire theological treatise to explain it, and it being most likely that a secular mind would hardly care, much less understand it, one single Bible verse will do fine. “He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require

By Gerjo Ben Van Der Merwe  September 05, 2021 Some people are all thumbs. They can’t fix anything that’s broken in the house. They don’t even know what tools to use. Well, many of them don’t even have a toolbox that’s worth mentioning. But some others can fix anything. It’s as

I have a friend from graduate school that I recently heard from over the Christmas holiday. We had studied Instructional Technology at Northern Illinois University and gone to church together occasionally. I asked him if he would like to do an interview for Men of Value. He declined saying that