Transforming lives to transform the world
by Paul Braoudakis Like many Americans, I’m excited about the upcoming football season. It’s a time like no other when these warriors get out onto the gridiron and leave everything they have on the field. They wrestle and claw and fight for every inch, becasue they know that ultimately, football is just a game of …
by Jeff Suderman At the 2015 NACCAP Conference in Florida, Jeff Suderman conducted some workshops with higher education professionals on the subject of developing organizations that are resilient amidst change. These Future-Ready principles will become crucial to TLC as we move forward in the mission God has prepared for us. Principle 1: Strategy defines your …
by Dr. George Kalaras When there is no hope in a person’s life they feel as if they have no future, that their hearts have been broken and their minds have been put on pause. Sometimes society plays a role in perpetuating this feeling of hopelessness. People living a life of drug addiction can feel …
The Opioid Crisis in America The Problem Failures like ours now fuel an epidemic. Since 1999, the number of deaths from opioids in the United States has quadrupled. Opioid overdose has claimed the lives of over half a million people since 2000. Although heroin accounts for many such deaths, more familiar medications pave a path …
by Dr. George Kalaras The attributes of spiritual surrender in the Christian faith includes several qualities of experience such as fully giving oneself to God, self-denial, and abiding in Christ. A central aspect of spiritual surrender is certainly one of willingness, the willingness of self-giving rather than the willfulness of living for self-centered desires. As …
After surrendering a promising basketball career to drugs and alcohol, Tim Riordan found his way home via TLC Growing up on Rhode Island, I had a great family. Coming from a family history of alcoholism, I was warned not to partake in the use of alcohol or drugs. At a young age, I excelled in …
by DR. GEORGE KALARAS The leader’s philosophy is the core of what great leaders are made of. Therefore, speaking from a Christian perspective, to be a Christ-like leader means first to have the character of Christ as one walks in the Spirit. The “fruit of the Spirit” is what the Holy Spirit produces in the …
By Larry Klar The world culture embraces pornography, greed, status, wealth, power. We struggle with crime, terrorism, abortion, poverty, addiction, and violence. The culture see’s good as bad and bad as good, black as white and white as black, right as wrong and wrong as right. God’s word supersedes our culture of relativity The world …
By Dave Fagerstrom “Home is where the heart is.” Since my recent return to TLC as the Director of Development, I have frequently been reminded of this old quote. TLC is all heart and can be defined as a sanctuary where God speaks to hearts. It is considered home to so many people because it …
by Dr. GEORGE KALARAS The attributes of spiritual surrender in the Christian faith includes a number of qualities of experience such as fully giving oneself to God, self-denial, and abiding in Christ. A central aspect of spiritual surrender is certainly one of willingness, the willingness of self-giving rather than the willfulness of living for self-centered desires. …