Bret Legg
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Reading through a family tree can be a little dull. “Your great, great, great grandfather Joe Smith was born in Kentucky. He grew up and worked in the coal mines. He met a lady named Ann Jones. They married and had three kids. One of those…
Most people, whether they are religious or not, would agree that holding a grudge and hanging on to bitterness is not helpful. In an article entitled Forgiveness: Letting Go of Grudges and Bitterness the Mayo Clinic gives the following…
Sometime back I was listening to a news report about a school shooting when I heard the newscaster say, “It only took 80 seconds for a high school senior to enter the high school, shoot a fellow student and then kill himself.” 80 seconds!…
“…a life in the past cannot be shared with the present. Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone.” From the book “Einstein’s Dream, by Alan Lightman.
Our world is becoming more and more angry. The news is filled with stories of violent protests, terrorist plots, random shootings, road rage, school bullying and racial hatred. Just four chapters from creation, you find the first biblical…
In a lecture entitled “Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Randy Pausch talked about something he called a “head fake.” A “head fake” is when you think you’re learning about one thing, but you’re actually learning about something different.…
One reason to tell the same story twice is that you left something out the first time you told it. When you tell the story a second time, your focus is different from the first telling. In Genesis chapter 2, God tells the creation story a…
Though science and faith argue over how things were created, they both agree there is a reasonableness to creation. They agree there is a purposeful progression to how things came to be. This is exactly what you see in Genesis chapter 1.…
We’ve all had our share of bad photos. Think back to your fashion-questionable high school days, or those family portraits that looked more like the Adams Family than a happy family. It’s safe to say we all have pictures we would like to…
A Christian friend is no different than any other friend. It breaks their heart to see you suffering, and they want to do or say something to help and encourage you. But Christian friends have an added concern. They not only worry about…
“Sexual abuse is a violent injury that mangles a life, but left unaddressed it grows into a chronic fatigue that mutes a life.” – Bret Legg
Computer viruses are maddening. When a virus gets into your computer, it changes the way your computer operates. All of a sudden the computer doesn’t work as smoothly as it use to. It gets sluggish, acts erratically and sometimes just…
I’m a Star Wars husband married to a Lifetime movie wife. This weekend, TNT ran a back-to-back Star Wars marathon. I was ecstatic. My wife…not so much. When I got married, I didn’t realize our marriage would suffer from MDD…Movie…
For some, their sexual abuse becomes their reason for rejecting the idea of a loving and powerful God. But for those victims who continue to believe in a God who is all-seeing, all-loving and all-powerful, the experience of sexual abuse…
A few weeks ago, I had a fender bender coming home from work. It was a very minor fender bender. No one was hurt. There was only a small amount of damage to my car and no damage to the other car. We didn’t even have to call the police. I…
The other day, I was cleaning out some files and came across a poem, written by a divorced mom on behalf of her two children. The poem had no title, so I’ve given it the title: “My Daddy Doesn’t Live Here.” It’s heartbreaking to read, but…
“Forgiveness does not override memory. Forgiveness overrules memory.” Bret Legg
Decisions, decisions, decisions. Sometimes marriage can feel like an endless stream of decisions. Even if you decide not to make a decision…that’s still a decision! These decisions come in a variety of shapes and sizes. There are minor…
Dorothy began as a wide-eyed, little girl; innocent and dressed in gingham. She loved her family, she loved her dog, and she dreamed of a wonderful place beyond the rainbow. She didn’t plan a fearful encounter with Elmira Gultch, and she…
“Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.” Anonymous
There are some things in life that seem like a good idea at the time, but later cause you to ask, “What was I thinking?” Maybe it was that person who seemed so good on the first couple of dates that later left you asking, “What was I…
The credits are one of the most neglected parts of a movie. Unless you’re a true movie buff, when the credits roll you probably feel the movie is over and get up to go. It’s a rare individual that stays and reads all those names and…
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” – Carl Jung.
It’s Monday morning, I’m walking in our neighborhood, and it’s the first day of school. School buses are crisscrossing the neighborhood like bees swarming a hive. Parents and children are gathered in groups along the streets. Kids are…