Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

Purpose or Direction

Your problem is that you simply have no purpose or direction”. One day when I was living in California I realized I had piled way...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

I Know Who You Are Little Boy

C’mon Man … I know who you are I know who you are because I've been you. I see the veins popping from your neck. I...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

A Band of Brothers and a Hall of Fame

In order to confirm how I felt about what I saw, I took a closer look at the purpose of the Hall of Fame...
Duke Tirschel

You Are You And You Always Were You!

He said, "Richard, you are you and you always were you. You're not what you do or what you call yourself...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

In God’s Corner

My name is Shelly Loven, I am Chuck Loven's daughter. He passed away on October 6th and his Memorial Service was on October 23rd....
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

The Image Was Me

When I stepped up to the bar it all came clear, I really forgot. In the mirror behind the pretty little bartender I saw...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

I’ll Hear Jesus

Some evangelists are too emotional for me. They think their way with words, the clever way they coin a phrase and how they say what it is they...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

A Glimpse of Manhood

For the first time in my life it occurred to me that a man was not just a taller, older boy. A man had...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

Enjoy Life Because of What You Bring Into It

Enjoy life because of what you bring into it rather than expecting life to supply the enjoyment for you. Early morning on a trip through...

If Chuck Norris Could Answer the Call

If Chuck Norris could answer the call in his late 60's, could travel through Iraq under these circumstances, who was I to allow myself...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

Up to Bat: A Deliberate Purposeful Act

No sir, when I leave this game my participation will be seen has having been a deliberate, purposeful act, bringing to me the understanding...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

Dear Chuck Norris

A Letter to Chuck Norris Dear Chuck, It was so good to hear from you and even better to hear the good news about a beautiful...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

Here Is Your Life

God is giving my unborn daughter instructions before handing her the life within which she is to be born. Sweetheart, here is your life. You will...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

Martial Arts Photography – The Early Days

It's hard to believe an article on martial arts photography would start out, "In the "old days" there was film... a piece of celluloid...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

Put Off Thy Shoes…

In the world of Martial Arts I've heard a lot of reasons why we remove our shoes before we go "on the mat". Now,...

The Olivet Eagles Middle School Football Players Execute Life Changing Play

As part of their continuing series "Living Lessons," Steve Hartman meets the Olivet Eagles, a middle school football team who took a fledgling player...