This is a message I gave on Father's Day to fathers, but it's relevant to everyone.

There are times when we sense an urgency to speak into our children's life no matter what their age...or anyone's life. The concern feels like a potential wildfire that could grow out of control, causing great damage.

When a wildfire is spotted, firefighters will do reconnaissance - they will get eyes-on to gather information about the fire and the surrounding environment to guide the response and ensure the safety of firefighters.

• Identifying the fire's origin and extent
• Assessing potential hazards
• Locating victims and determining rescue needs
• Informing a tactical plan

This is what we must first do to bring kindness and truth, wisdom and understanding to someone's heart.

My text was Proverbs 3:3-7, which is probably very familiar to you. I hope that perhaps you will think about it differently as I now do.

Gary Barkalow

I recently gave a message for a Sunday service. I had been pondering and praying about what I was to speak on. Very quickly in that process, weeks for that Sunday, I sensed the Lord directing me to John 15, Jesus' allegory about the vine and the branches. 

For some reason, yet unknown to me, it was extremely hard for me to put it together. I couldn't get to a settled place with the message, even minutes for I was to walk on stage. Perhaps the real message was for me - to simply abide and let the life of the Vine produce fruit for others.

Much to my wonderment, I have received more comments about heart impact with this message than any others that I can remember. My reaction has been, "thank you" and "really?"

So with that, I offer this to you. 

Much of our life is designed to be navigated by curiosity.  We certainly were curious when we were younger. For many of us, our curiosity was pushed aside by practicality and busyness, making mystery an annoyance rather than an adventure.

Curiosity is such an important and informative thing.  Perhaps a more compelling word would be fascination.  We are to live fascinated by God, by his creation, by the way things work, by people.

Visit TheNobleHeart.com for more resources.

This is an interview we did with David Cook about his recent book, greatness.  David's first book was Seven Day's in Utopia which was made into a movie with the same name.

Dr. David Cook is peak performance coach in the field of Sport and Performance Psychology. He served as "Mental Training Coach" for the San Antonio Spurs from 1996 – 2004 that included two World Championships. He has coached performers from the PGA, NBA, NFL, MLB, Olympics, and collegiate national championship ranks. His business clients have included Exxon Mobil, Sprint, USAA, Valero, Merill Lynch, and many other Fortune 500 companies. In 2006 he released his best selling novel, Seven Days in Utopia: Golf’s Sacred Journey. This book was made into a movie, Seven Days in Utopia, starring academy award winners Robert Duvall and Melissa Leo and was released in theaters across the country Sept. of 2011. He served as Executive Producer and screenwriter on this project. 

Dr. Cook has represented the U.S. at the International Olympic Academy in Greece; served as president of the National Sport Psychology Academy; and was recently named, "Top 10 Mental Game Consultant" by Golf Digest Magazine. He served as Mental Training Coach for the San Antonio Spurs for eight seasons, including their first two World Championships.

It's one of the most profound scriptures for believers in the New Testament, one that all of us could recite from memory and yet probably the one we doubt the most.  But, it's how it works.

We will see it in life of Moses and the cooking show, Chopped.

You can watch this message on our website: It's How It Works: Believe It Or Not

This conversation was with John Blase in 2013 about his book, Know When to Hold 'Em: The High Stakes Game of Fatherhood.

You will enjoy John's personality and passion in his seeing parenting and fatherhood through the lens of an adventurer and risk-taker.

This is a fascinating conversation, recorded in 2012, with Author and Executive Producer of the book and movie, 7 Days In Utopia, staring Robert Duvall and Lucas Back.  Dr. David Cook is a coach in the field of Sport and Performance Psychology and a man of deep faith and conviction.  You will be captured by his personal story and his experience of working with the Hollywood industry.

You can find more resources to help you with the discovery, development and deployment of your calling at TheNobleHeart.com.

Have you ever had something in you that you didn't know how to express or offer? There was no instrument that could play your music. As Oliver Wendell Holmes is reported to have written, "Many people die with their music still in them."

This is a conversation with someone who literally had music in him which could not be expressed with any know instrument, so he had to create his own. Listen to why and how Keith Medley developed a 27 string guitar.  As he said, "I made an instrument out of music."

Visit Keith's website to see his guitar and listen to some of his music:  Keith Medley Music

You can find more helpful resources at TheNobleHeart.com

This is an interview with Wayne Jacobsen about Finding Church.  Wayne is the author of Finding Church, He Loves Me, So You Don t Want to Go to Church Anymore, and A Man Like No Other.

Wayne served as a pastor for twenty years and was also a contributing editor to Leadership Journal. 

This is a fascinating interview (2011) with a bomber pilot in WW2. He is the father of a good friend, John Hard.

John Hard Sr. went out of multiple bombing missions knowing that many of the planes would not be coming back. Returning to the base one time, his plane was so damaged by enemy fire and anti aircraft flak, that they had to scrap the plane.

So heroic and gripping the stories from the 100th Bomb Group, that Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman - the producers of Band of Brothers and The Pacific, just released a new series on Apple+ called Masters of the Air.

Special thanks to Jeff Andrechyn in this interview.