20-20, 20-30, 20-50… Steve Holcomb, the U.S. Olympic bobsled driver had learned to compensate for his deteriorating vision. With the help of powerful prescription contact lenses he continued to lead the U.S. bobsled team to success in a variety of competitions. But his vision continued to gradually deteriorate due to a disease called keratoconus — [...]
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Vision
Posted in Christian, Christian living, Leadership, News, Traveler and the Chaplain, Your Life, tagged bennett's blog, bobsled, Christian, Christian living, Christianity, eye, holcomb, Jesus, Jesus Christ, kurt bennett, Leadership, night, no vision, olympics, perish, Proverbs, Proverbs 29:18, steve, Steve Holcomb eye doctor, Steve Holcomb eye surgery, Steve Holcomb vision, surgery, team, train, Traveler and the Chaplain, usa, vision, where there is no vision the people perish on February 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fearless
Posted in Christian, Christian living, Leadership, News, Your Life, tagged Bob Sharp, Christian, Christian living, Christianity, courage, courageous, Deuteronomy, Hawaii, Honolulu, James, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Job, kurt bennett, Robert, Sharp, Tsunami, Tsunami preparedness on February 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
News of the tsunami headed for Hawaii today left me concerned about Bob, a friend of mine who lives very near the beach in the Honolulu area. I emailed him and asked if he was OK. I asked how the tsunami was going to effect his life. I’m not sure what I expected for a [...]
Denver Math Teacher Risks His Life to Save Others — Video
Posted in Christian, Christian living, Humility, Leadership, News, Your Life, tagged Benke, Christian, Christian living, Christianity, David, Deer Creek Middle School, Denver, Jesus, Jesus Christ, kurt bennett, Leadership, life, Littleton, math, Matt, my life, Reagan, teacher, Thieu, video, Weber, Your Life on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Math teacher David Benke risked his life to save the lives of Deer Creek Middle School students. He heard shots being fired and rather than running for cover he ran to the shooter and wrestled him to the ground, effectively ending the the shooting spree. Read more at CBS 4 Denver . Your Life: You [...]
Touch
Posted in Christian, Christian living, Humility, Leadership, News, Your Life, tagged basketball, Bible, Cal Berkley, Celtics, Christian, Christian living, Christianity, depression, high five, Jesus, Jesus Christ, knucks, kurt bennett, Lakers, leper, life, lonely, love, Mark, NBA champ, Study, Touch, Your Life on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I just read a facinating article about the power of human touch. Patients touched by their doctor perceived their visits to have lasted twice as long as patients who weren’t touched. Students who were touched by their teachers were twice as likely to volunteer in class. The human touch can ease depression. The human touch [...]
Glass Repair Man Rescues Five From Austin IRS Building Fire/Plane Crash
Posted in Christian, Christian living, Leadership, News, Your Life, tagged Andrew, Christian, Christian living, Christianity, dehaven, Fire, five, III, initiative, IRS, Jesus, Jesus Christ, joseph, kurt bennett, Leadership, love, mike ernest, plane crash, rescue, robin, stack, Your Life on February 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
So Robin Dehaven is driving his glass repair truck in Austin, Texas in the vicinity of the IRS building when he sees a small plane flying low, coming in for an approach to a runway, only problem — no runway. He watches as this small plane crashes into the IRS building. He decides to pull [...]
Marine Shot in Head, Walks Away
Posted in Christian, Christian living, Leadership, News, Your Life, tagged Afghanistan, Andrew, Christian, Christian living, Christianity, Cpl., head, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Koenig, kurt bennett, Lance, life, Marine, Marjah, Marksman, shot, soldier, Taliban, U.S., Your Life on February 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Like many of us, Marksman Lance Cpl. Andrew Koenig went to work on Monday (February 15) but his job was somewhat more of an adventure than yours or mine. Somewhere near Marjah, Afghanistan, Lance Cpl. Koenig’s assignment was to make the roof of his outpost and find Taliban targets to shoot. But before he even [...]
Medical Teams International Worker Faces Haitian Wild Animal
Posted in Christian, Christian living, News, Your Life, tagged Christian living, Christianity, Haiti earthquake, internationa, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kellen, Kellen Knott, Knott, kurt bennett, life, medical, Medical Teams International, spider, tarantula, teams on February 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Medical Teams International worker, Kellen Knott, recently faced down native Haitian predatory wildlife. After waking in the morning he found this tarantula lurking a mere 3 ft. from his sleeping bag. You can read his own account at Kellen Knott’s blog. (For more see previous post Helping Haiti) To see previous posts on the Haiti [...]
Tragic Shooting at U of Alabama Huntsville – Video
Posted in Christian, Christian living, News, tagged alabama, Amy, Amy Bishop, anger, Bishop, bitterness, Christian, Christian living, Christianity, envy, Forgiveness, huntsville, jealousy, Jesus, Jesus Christ, kurt bennett, resentment, shooting, tenure, university, university of alabama huntsville on February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Amy Bishop, a professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, was arrested for killing three of her fellow professors and wounding three additional University employees. In a faculty meeting, after sitting quietly for thirty minutes or so, she pulled out a 9 mm and started shooting. Some believe that the motive for the shooting [...]
Helping Haiti — the rewards are great — an insider look
Posted in News, tagged Christian, Christian living, Christianity, earthquake, Haiti, Haiti insider, insider, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kellen, Kellen Knott, Knott, kurt bennett, Leadership, Medical Teams International, Traveler and the Chaplain on February 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“Any time I’ve done something like this I find that I’m the one who winds up being blessed.” I wrote that in a previous post, New 9/11 Photos From Helicopter , referring to a trip I made to help out in New York after 9/11. This photo is of a friend, Kellen Knott, (and one [...]
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