Are you like me and wondering why God is not helping when you need Him most? I’m on my knees praying, and sometimes begging, and sometimes things even get worse. Why? Maybe it is because God loves you and there is an unforeseen reason you and I don’t see. Maybe there is a deeper lesson…
Why Do I Still Doubt? Have you ever had prayers answered? Isn’t that cool! I love when that happens. Some crazy good things have happened in my life recently, but I’m still in a challenging situation. But, then I wonder why I continue to doubt that He hears my prayers. The next day I doubt…
Ever wonder what a speaking coach sees that others do not? What is the difference? Perspective. When Mark Brown looked at the first version of my speech back in 2001, I had a painful epiphany. I realized even though I had been on stage for over seven years multiple times per week I had…
Do you? Often I forget step two and three. Matthew 7:7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. NIV When we are in trouble, most believers pray. We need help so we ask or we are desperate so we ask. Many…
Maybe you and I need to use more storytelling? Jesus has been called the Greatest Salesman in the world. True that he was promoting God’s word. But, how did he teach it. You probably know this, but we all need reminders on occasion. In Matthew 13:34 is says, All these things spake Jesus unto the…
Who is funnier? Would you think it’s funnier if someone was naturally funny or someone who had courage and desire to be funny? OK, so you did not wake up pondering that question, but I used to think about that back in the 1990s. Back then I had my own little skit comedy cable access…
Read this quote and honestly ask yourself if this applies to you. “The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians: who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.” ― Brennan Manning Brilliant. Truth. At first…
It was 1993. I had been working hard on my comedy act for a year and a half. I had been getting as much stage time as humanly possible given my wannabe level and the amount of open mic nights in the New England. Progress was happening, but it was oh so slow. I had…
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Thank you, God, for Grace, Truth, Love and Laughter, Darren (Reminder, this is just a journal of my mistakes, experience and thoughts along my journey to having a closer relationship to God. I do not claim to be an authority on the subject. If you want to know The Way, read The Bible. Find a…