Tag Archives | Matt Ham

Be A Name Caller: A Guide To Investing

By on October 1, 2013 in Growth, Personal

As we continue with ideas and insight to living richly, a life abounding in desirable qualities, it is essential to understand the importance of investing.  We must invest.  In order to maintain financial riches, the concept of investing is neccessary.  The same holds true for OUR quest for personal richness.   However, when seeking to live richly, we must invest in others.  Much like financial investing yields compound interest, investing in people yields compound opportunity! Calling By Name One of […]

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The Richest Man In Town

By on September 30, 2013 in Growth, Personal

We all know Frank Capra’s 1946 classic movie It’s a Wonderful Life. Most of us catch the film around the holidays, as its final scenes are set during Christmastime. The film takes place in the town of Bedford Falls, a small, simple community that gives the impression the story could take place anywhere. The great James Stewart plays the lead character, George Bailey. Bailey has aspirations for a great life. To him, this life consists of traveling the world, seeing […]

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The Great Debate Between Action and Faith

By on September 28, 2013 in Growth, Personal, Spiritual

In high school, the number that adorned my baseball uniform was, forty-one. It was my number. I took possession of it and owned it. It didn’t have any significant meaning at the time, but since has taken on a life of its own. In college, I became a huge Dave Matthews Band fan, something like twelve shows in four years. Ironically, Dave Matthews has a song called #41 – creative considering it was the 41st song he had written. Through […]

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All Too Familiar: Brokenness and Healing

By on September 27, 2013 in Growth, Personal

I ran into an all too familiar face, or rather, an all too familiar place, last night; The Betty Cameron Women’s and Children’s Hospital here in Wilmington. The twins lived there for almost 5 weeks when they were born and we had an overnight visit with Greyson earlier this year. I didn’t expect we’d be there yesterday; Wyatt was admitted around 5pm with respiratory complications from a cold. As I walked towards the hospital, there was a range of emotions, […]

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Why You Shouldn’t Be Realistic

By on September 23, 2013 in Growth

I love NC State football. As a 2004 graduate, I bleed Red & White! Last week, we hosted the #3 Clemson Tigers.  The game was televised on ESPN’s Thursday Night Primetime and I was there with 57,000 others cheering on the Pack.  State played well, much better than most expected, and as the 3rd quarter was closing, it was only 13-7 in Clemson’s favor.  Then it happened.  State’s Brian Underwood broke a run around the end and headed down the sideline […]

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Seeking Saturday: Running With Perserverance

By on September 21, 2013 in Growth, Personal, Spiritual

In 2010, I fell in love with the sport of triathlon. The year before, Liz was part of a relay team at a local ‘sprint’ triathlon, a shorter distance race for both competitive and novice participants. When I went to watch the race, I wondered, “Could I?” In 2010, I competed in 2 races, 11 in 2011 including a Half Ironman (70.6 miles), and 9 in 2012.  However, this year, I decided to take some time off from competitive racing […]

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