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Perspective

Keep Perspective Spiritual Growth

Keep Perspective

What is perspective? It is “a way of thinking about and understanding something” (per Britannica Dictionary), hopefully with a level head. With the hyperbole of the 24/7 news via a variety of platforms, busy-ness at work and craziness on the family calendar, it can be…
Rick Wertz
April 30, 2026
Feeling Like Job Spiritual Growth

Feeling Like Job

Tragedy in Texas – As of this writing, 119 are confirmed dead and over 170 are missing after severe flooding in the Hill Country of Texas. Victims include kids and counselors from Camp Mystic and other summer camps operating along the Guadalupe River, and families…
Rick Wertz
July 10, 2025
Last Time Family

Last Time

I remember talking with a friend in his final days of battling pancreatic cancer. With a smile he said, “It looks like I am going to be the first one in our small group to get promoted.” That was the last time I got to…
Rick Wertz
May 29, 2025
Blessings Family

Blessings

Count your blessings. Sometimes they are obvious – A milestone realized; a child being born; a move into a new level of relationship with a son or daughter; an anniversary. And sometimes they are not as obvious – A job loss; a child in an…
Rick Wertz
March 13, 2025
Grieving Well Family

Grieving Well

One man shared how being with his mother, holding her hand as she passed from this life to the next, turned his heart anew to the Heavenly Father as he grieved his loss. His emotional testimony charged another man in the group to clear his…
Rick Wertz
October 24, 2024
Favorite Book LeadershipSpiritual Growth

Favorite Book

What book or books can you point to as having significant impact on your life? Is it a book read early on in your education or one read as you sought greater success in the market place or on the career ladder? Who recommended the…
Rick Wertz
September 5, 2024
Comfort Life Balance

Comfort

In Houston, Texas, as in most of the country, we have been reminded that when storms hit, power can be lost for a while. In the summer, that means no air-conditioning. And that means the loss of comfort many have grown accustomed to. I grew…
Rick Wertz
July 25, 2024