Will Bowen's Blog, page 62
February 13, 2019
JumpStart – In(ner)Security 1
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS I remember it like it was yesterday. My first wife, whom I thought was my one and only love, told me that she and I were through. When I pleaded to know why she responded, “You’re just too insecure.“ My ex hasn’t been the only person to accuse me of being insecure […]
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To You; Love God Tuesday – Love Part 3
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS Prayer is a collaborative effort. Prayer is not a football that we hand off to God and it’s no longer in our possession. For prayer to be answered we need to maintain faith and effort. In today’s JumpStart, let me share a fanciful scenario where God responds to the very act of […]
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JumpStart – HOW you do something
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS We used to have horses for trailriding. Once, my horse developed colic and we called the vet to come out at 2 o’clock in the morning. Although we had awoken him from sleep, the vet showed up with a smile on his face and proceeded to do some of the most unsavory […]
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February 5, 2019
JumpStart – “Myself”
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS When I was in the fifth grade, my teacher asked all of us to bring in something to read aloud to the class. My father had a framed poem on his dresser. The poem really inspired me and I can still remember reading it to the class with maximal inflection on each […]
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JumpStart – Helping Others
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS Back when I was a minister, I would often conclude funerals by encouraging those attending to do something good for someone else within 24 hours of the funeral as a way of honoring in the deceased person. Why? Because it made the grieving people feel better! It took the focus off of […]
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JumpStart – Fast AND Steady
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS People misunderstand the story of the tortoise and the hare. “Slow and steady wins the race“ is half right. The rabbit didn’t lose the race because he moved forward quickly. He lost because he slow down when he was ahead. Hardly anyone ever burned out from pursuing their dreams. Instead, most people […]
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To You; Love God Tuesday – Love Part 2
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS What is love? How do you encapsulate something so broad sweeping as love? And if God were to speak on love, what would God say? In today’s JumpStart, I attempt to answer that question as poetically as I can. I hope you find it uplifting.
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JumpStart – Arriving Alive
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS Yesterday, a car right behind me got t-boned in an intersection by a big truck. CRASH!! JUST 50 FEET BEHIND ME! My first thought was, “I wonder if the driver of the truck was texting while driving?” Last year, I flew to Arizona to speak to a large group of executives and, […]
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January 31, 2019
JumpStart – Gratitude
Video Audio Synopsis Gratitude is the expressway to happiness and enlightenment. Gratitude shifts your focus from darkness to light. Gratitude shortens the pain of loss and increases feelings of joy. Gratitude is infinitely powerful and yet so often overlooked. It’s like we need a reminder just to be grateful from time to time, right? Well, […]
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JumpStart – Setpoints
Video Audio Synopsis The other day, I was listening to a radio show on the science of losing weight. A weight loss expert from Harvard University spoke at length about weight “set points” — those internal thermostats our body just seem to magically gravitate toward. It occurred to me that we have set points in […]
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