Phil’s Blog

A young bride was struggling with her cooking. Nothing seemed to work. Her husband came home one day to find her in the kitchen crying. “The dog ate the biscuits,”…

I am a relatively young man, but already my hair has gone underground and is coming out my nose. If you’re experiencing a recession yourself, you’ll be happy to know…

I heard from a dad who said he was tired of his wife getting all the credit around the home. He said that guests instinctively thanked his wife for dinner,…

Have you noticed with inflation lately that a dollar saved is a penny earned? We’re here to help, my friend. If the word budget send chills up your spine you’ve…

Can you name a few of the top inventions of all time? How about the wheel. The lightbulb. Penicillin. The printing press. And then there’s deodorant and shampoo. And the…

Words. They’re powerful aren’t they? If you doubt me, try running through your office yelling the words “Free donuts,” or “Whose Mercedes was that? I just raffled it off.” Words…

I was a difficult child. In fact, most adults grew tired of me early on in my life. “Calm down,” they’d say. “Slow down, settle down, sit down, simmer down,…

Twenty-five years later, I was speaking in a church when a guy named Russell told me a story that caused my eyebrows to stay raised for about half an hour.…

Have you ever played a good clean harmless prank? My mother was the first one I knew to play pranks that kept us on our toes. One night she short-sheeted…

One Sunday afternoon, when our kids were small, my son’s friend Joel came for a visit. Like all small boys who know that this is a time when stressed out…