ALL RESOURCES BY Eddie Sears

Eddie Sears

Author Bio:
Eddie Sears retired after serving as a director at Laity Lodge for more than 18 years. He is a past member of the Resource Development Council for the H. E. Butt Foundation. Eddie continues to be active in his community and church in Kerrville, Texas. He is married with two children and two grandchildren.

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5.7.06(Personal Reflection)

The Hands of God Are in Your Lap >

We need to recapture the notion of vocation. The most satisfied workers in the world already have. They know Monday through Friday are just as holy and sacred as Sunday.

12.4.05(Personal Reflection)

What Are You Saying? >

In his national bestseller, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen Covey declared that "the single most important principle" in interpersonal relations is to seek first to understand, then to be understood. Most of us…

3.13.05(Personal Reflection)

On Your Mark: Get Set? >

Once when I asked a friend how she was doing, she said, "Truthfully, I feel as if my life is going nowhere. I can't get beyond Get on your mark, get set . . . get set, get set. I'm forever set, but I never go. A great bunch of…

1.11.04(Personal Reflection)

If You Weaken Soon Enough >

Life is difficult: So begins The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck's landmark bestseller, but I have mixed emotions about Peck's opening assertion. Who can argue that life is difficult, particularly for people who live without a sense of…

3.30.03(Personal Reflection)

No Plan B >

When Jesus ascended to Heaven to return to His Father, the eleven disciples stood and watched Him rise through the clouds. An angel in the clouds nearby saw Jesus pass by and called out, "Jesus, where are you going?"

"Back to be with my Father in…

3.16.03(Personal Reflection)

Hang Onto the Ship's Broken Pieces >

Cast all your worries upon Him because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7


When God noticeably breaks into a person's life, it rarely happens in church. He comes most often in human experience: death of a loved one, serious…

7.14.02(Devotion/Prayer)

Grace in Adversity >

Arthur Ashe was the first African American to win national and international tennis tournaments. His powerful ground strokes and accurate serves produced singles victories in the United States and Australian Opens and at Wimbledon.

In 1979 Ashe had…

2.10.02(Personal Reflection)

Post-Game Grace >

"Dad, where're our seats? Are they this way?"

A red-haired youngster bobbed at his father's side.

"Remember, this is my first time in Texas Stadium," the father answered. "Why don't you come over here and take my hand?"

The trip to see San…

11.27.01(Personal Reflection)

Aligned by the Melody >

What is Jazz, anyway?