Sleeping on the Ground When you sleep on the ground With the stars in your face, You can feel the full-length Of the beauty and grace. -Dan Fogelberg “The Wild Places” I’ve just spent the last two nights sleeping on the ground under the stars. One night was on a bicycle trip on the Tammany Trace Trail. …
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Losing Your Way
When a leader loses their way. It’s one of the saddest things to witness, A leader losing her way. Leaving her moral compass and taking her eye off the ball. I’m using the feminine pronoun today as a reminder that off-center leadership isn’t gender-related. Losing your way creates a train wreck that compromises the leader, normally leading to a …
Read More »Proverbs 11 for August 11: Humility
Proverbs 11 for August 11: Humility “When pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom.” Proverbs 11:2 NKJV How to prevent pride? Realize with gratitude that everything you have comes from God. How to develop humility: “Lord, you’ve given me so much. I ask for one more thing: a sense of gratitude.” www.creekbank.net sign up for …
Read More »A Hard-Working Man (or Woman)
A believer should be the hardest worker on the team. “Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before. Then people who are not believers will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others.” 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 NLT https://bible.com/bible/116/1th.4.11-12.NLT
Read More »Monday, July 29: It’s a Big Writing Day at the Creekbank.
Monday, July 29: It’s a Big Writing Day at the Creekbank. Follow this post as I add photos and text. We’ll be blogging throughout the day as I work on our upcoming short story collection, Where I Come From. We’re shooting for a release date of Black Friday 2024. There’s an adage in writing, “A book needs friends before it …
Read More »The Dry Creek Tabernacle
A Tabernacle Prayer A word from Curt You can’t understand me unless you have insight into how Dry Creek Baptist Camp has shaped my life. I got my first job there at age 13. I was in charge of picking up glass Coke bottles on the grounds for deposit return. After that summer, they couldn’t run me off. I’ve …
Read More »What Really Matters: My Life Statement
What Really Matters: My Life Statement Scroll down for an expanded version of My Life Statement As of Monday, July 22, 2024 Throughout my adult life, I’ve kept a journal of my priorities, which I call “My Life Statement.” I’m sharing them to encourage you to develop your own statement. Make it personal. Write it down. Do it now. …
Read More »Leadership 101: “I want to thank you . . .”
On Leadership As I begin my 68th year on Planet Earth, I can sum up what I’ve learned about leadership in one sentence: “I want to thank you ahead of time for doing this, and I know you won’t disappoint me.” I’ve been a youth leader, parent, coach, teacher, principal, camp manager, missionary, and now a grandfather. That …
Read More »Professor Cavanaugh’s Best Lecture
Audio Podcast of “Professor Cavanaugh’s Best Lecture. ” A word from Curt Teacher. There’s no higher calling. Few professions can influence as much as a dedicated teacher. The best teacher I ever met was Charles Cavanaugh. This is his story. “Yes, God’s will—most often—is simply doing the best we can, right where we are.” Professor Charles J. Cavanaugh and …
Read More »How to Ride an Escalator Part 2
How to get on an Escalator Part 2 We’ll be updating “Escalator Stories” this week at www.creekbank.net Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. -Hebrews 11:1 How do you get on an escalator? Very carefully With faith. Emma, Eliza, and I stood at the foot of the longest, steepest …
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We love it when readers/listeners choose to become a part of The Creek Family. There are all kinds of ways to join: VIEW/Subscribe Join Curt on the Creekbank YouTube Channel: @curtiles56 LISTEN Listen/Subscribe to the Creekbank Audio Podcast. READ You can read over 1500 blog posts (stretching back to 2009) at www.creekbank.net FOLLOW Become a Creekbank Facebook follower at …
Read More »Leadership: Thoughts on “Stewardship”
Thoughts on Stewardship Saturday, June 1 It’s the first day of a new month. June 1. It’s the first day of hurricane season. June 1. It’s my birthday. Number 68. 68. That’s a lot of hurricane seasons in Louisiana. June 1. It could be considered the half mark of the year. It’s a good time to …
Read More »A Memorial Day Story Worth Telling: A Soldier’s Story
A Note from Curt: As long as I’m alive, the story of Sgt. Leroy Johnson will be remembered. It’s a story worth telling, worth passing on. We need to be reminded that freedom is never free. It’s important to remember stories of heroes who paid with their lives for our American freedom. There is no better example of …
Read More »Thoughts on Dickie Betts: Jessica
“Jessica” Allman Brothers’ guitarist Dickie Betts died last week at 80. His songs, especially ‘Jessica,” have always been my favorite ABB cuts, and he will forever hold a special place in my heart. I’ve listened to the Allman’s since 1972 and still circle back to them several times a year. “Jessica” is an instrumental written for his baby daughter Jessica. …
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