Page 1 of Steve Radford's writing

1. Bigotry: Best Maintained From a Distance There’s a group of people I can’t stand. They are all so ugly and obnoxious. Their priorities are wrong. Their thinking is flawed. They have no principles, no honor and basically no redeeming qualities. They are counter to everything I... (posted by Steve 67 days 23 hours ago.)

2. How Rich is Too Rich? How do we know if someone is too rich? Easy… it’s anyone with more than me! That’s my definition. Yours is similar. It’s anyone with more than you. Why is that? George Carlin once did a comedy bit about drivers. He... (posted by Steve 280 days 17 hours ago.)

3. Running: A Healthy Hobby Running is my hobby. It may be a subset of a fitness lifestyle but I tend to think of it as a stand-alone hobby. If fitness was my hobby, I would probably eat healthier. I actually started running so that I could eat with reckless abandon and... (posted by Steve 282 days 14 hours ago.)

4. Before You Give Up: Listening for the other voice Surrounded by thugs in the middle of a large abandoned warehouse, every cell in my body cried out to give up. Why fight? Twenty killers, many with arms bigger than my legs, all focused on me and excited about the prospects of beating me to death.... (posted by Steve 1 year 13 days ago.)

5. For a Teenage Mom in Norfolk Usually around Mother’s Day I do my best to edify my own Mother, Mother-in-law or wife. All three are terrific Moms and wonderful role models for their kids. But today I was thinking about a different Mom. It was 1984 in Norfolk... (posted by Steve 1 year 20 days ago.)

6. Prayer For a Dying Friend Lord… in my minds eye, I can see her lying motionless. Intravenous pain medication has been her only nutrition for more than two weeks. The only growing cells in her body are cancer cells. The cancer cells draw nourishment from healthy... (posted by Steve 1 year 61 days ago.)

7. Love and Loyalty: A Tribute to Norman Norman and Bess go for a walk every morning. I see them as I leave the neighborhood at the beginning of my commute to work. To describe what they do as walking is generous. I’ve actually only seen Bess walk a few times. Usually she is just... (posted by Steve 1 year 103 days ago.)

8. They Grow Up Fast I spoke to a stranger at the restaurant where I had lunch today. Seated in a corner booth, he was about 30 and had his newborn daughter with him in a baby carrier. Going out in public with an infant gives everyone else license to speak to you... (posted by Steve 2 years 276 days ago.)

9. I'm Not Dead Yet! One of my favorite scenes from the 1975 comedy, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, depicted a medieval village during a terrible plague. A man is leading a cart down the narrow street loaded with corpses and yelling out "bring out your dead". ... (posted by Steve 2 years 361 days ago.)

10. Bringing Prayer to Life: Praying For Others There are a lot of hurting people these days. Financial pressures, marital problems, illness. As part of a community of people who believe in God, it's common for someone to ask that you pray for them or their situation. How should we pray on... (posted by Steve 3 years 21 days ago.)

11. The Little Red-Haired Girl Cries: A Story of Forgiveness The lights are out. The house is quiet. Mom and Dad are asleep. And the little red-haired girl cries. Another school year is almost over. Another year of teasing? No, teasing is something friends do to each other. Torment. Yes this has been one... (posted by Steve 3 years 38 days ago.)

12. Great Is Thy Faithfulness Great is Thy Faithfulness was the hymn we were singing. I was in the congregation, third row middle. As we sang, I began to pan the faces of the choir and think. Is God really faithful? There in the soprano section, Mary and Elaine are both recent... (posted by Steve 3 years 298 days ago.)

13. Send In The Hornet Reading through a chapter in the Old Testament book of Joshua, I ran across an odd verse that caught my attention. In chapter 24, Joshua was addressing all the tribes of Israel . He was recounting God's goodness and provision through several... (posted by Steve 3 years 320 days ago.)

14. Are You A Senior? It was lunch time and I was racing from one office to another to interview a sales candidate. As I drove, I scoured the businesses along the route for a restaurant. With less than thirty minutes, it had to be someplace quick. There! I spotted a... (posted by Steve 3 years 340 days ago.)

15. Vindication: Good Movies, Bad Gospel I love vindication, don't you? A driver nearly runs you off the road as he speeds past. A few miles down the road you see a cop writing him a speeding ticket. Vindication. Someone embarrasses you in a meeting in an effort to elevate his position.... (posted by Steve 4 years 23 days ago.)

16. Winning the War on Roaches The cul-de-sac was overrun with roaches. Our home, positioned at the end of the street, was clearly in the best position to take action. In fact, as the largest home on the block, the other residents undoubtedly looked to us to solve the problem... (posted by Steve 4 years 56 days ago.)

17. Excellent Music, Inadequate Venues As the father of a musician, I have had the privilege of watching and listening to new songs being written. It's fascinating to witness the creative process. One musical phrase may be played, tweaked, replayed and tweaked a hundred times before it... (posted by Steve 4 years 105 days ago.)

18. Become Your Own Sales Coach Dave Stockton was among the top professional golfers in the 1970s. He won 10 PGA tour events, including two majors. The year before he joined the Senior Tour, Stockton was the guest speaker at our company's customer golf tournament at Camelback... (posted by Steve 4 years 135 days ago.)

19. Vignettes of a Model Mom "You need to straddle the bag, your left foot aimed at second and your right foot toward home plate. Then you take the throw from the catcher and apply the tag. Simple!" Having arrived home from baseball practice, an excited nine year old boy... (posted by Steve 4 years 169 days ago.)

20. IHOP Logic: Homeless by Choice? On a recent Sunday afternoon, I sat with two of my friends in a booth at the International House of Pancakes. All week I had looked forward to seeing them. Two weeks earlier I heard a presentation about Dallas Life Foundation and was excitedly... (posted by Steve 4 years 197 days ago.)

21. Judgmental Christian: An Oxymoron Sometimes I think more people would follow Jesus if it weren't for Christians. The reason is that people make up their mind about Christ, based on what they see in those that bear his name. Consider the following example. On a recent Sunday... (posted by Steve 4 years 234 days ago.)

22. From Funk 49 to Emo Screamo I stopped listening to new music around 1979 when I graduated from college. I hated disco in the 80s and the hair bands seemed more interested in spandex than music. I was stuck in the 70s listening to artists like The Allman Brothers, Led... (posted by Steve 4 years 250 days ago.)

23. Pierced Ears Delight God When is a slave no longer a slave? He is no longer a slave when he has the option to leave his master. It doesn’t matter what he chooses. The very introduction of a choice completely alters the relationship of master and slave. He may remain and... (posted by Steve 4 years 277 days ago.)

24. Perfect Gifts and the World's Best Tea When our family lived in Birmingham , Alabama , my favorite burger joint was a place called Milos. The menu at Milos consisted of the following: Hamburger, Cheeseburger and Fries. Thats it. The burgers all came with a delicious barbeque sauce.... (posted by Steve 4 years 288 days ago.)

25. Running in the Rain in Your Whitey Tighties! I became a runner fifteen years ago during a sales meeting in Sacramento . We announced a short break and I was moving toward the cookie tray at the back of the room. Just as I was about to reach for a large chocolate cookie, one of my sales... (posted by Steve 4 years 307 days ago.)