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...
A Step Toward Courage
Bobby played center on our High School football team and had a disease that affected his ability to run. I remember watching him as...
Fear Scares Me
I don’t like bugs or cockroaches and I don’t know why.
I don’t think they’re going to bite me or hurt me but I’m afraid...
Aged To Perfection
A Robert Browning verse has been in my head lately, "The best is yet to be, the last of life for which the first...
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...
My Last Arena
What time in life should you consider yourself a man?
Is 'becoming a man' something that just happens to you? Maybe it's after an accomplishment...
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...
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...
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...
Papillion: A Caterpillar A Butterfly and the Fight To Be Free
Several years ago, I was hired to double Steve McQueen in the movie “Papillion”. It was about a man in France who was put...
Living Life to the Fullest Means Living Well
So many of us want to hit that home run rather than be the runner on first base, even if we're the run needed to...
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...
With Each Breath
Preface: After writing, Tang Soo Do Karate and Toughen-Up for Chuck Norris I began writing short stories that reflected actual experiences in my life. But, before publishing them I...
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,...
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...
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....