Archive for January, 2012

Boy Number Two!

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Boy number two arrived at Whetstone Boys Ranch on Monday, January 23, 2012. Of course, we don’t call him “boy number two.”  He’s not a number.  In fact, one thing that makes Whetstone Boys Ranch stand out is our low staff-to-boy ratio.  We stand committed to having one staff member for every 3 boys.  This [...]

Clichés

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Can I level with you?  Can I shoot straight, get right to the point, and keep it real?  Can I have a no-nonsense, no-holds barred, come-to-Jesus moment with you?  OK. Here it is.  Wait for it… Buffering…buffering…buffering… God is good, all the time; all the time, God is good. There it is.  I don’t care [...]

Be Specific

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

How many New Year’s resolutions have already gone up in smoke…or down in donut grease? I spoke of goal-setting last week, but we all know that the hard part is carrying through.   It’s not how you start the race, but how you finish that counts – a lesson we try to teach everyday at Whetstone [...]

Goals

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

We all need goals in life.  Physical, spiritual, emotional, intellectual, social…pick a category.  Pick’em all.  There is no lack of areas where we can improve.  Our imperfection knows no bounds. At Whetstone, we have a white board to keep track of certain “Feats of Strength,” like maximum weight lifted, highest free throw percentage, fastest two-mile [...]