“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.” Robert McCloskey You walk away from the conversation thinking, I am sure he knows what I meant, after all he knows what I expect! But does he really » Read More
Did you see the movie or read the book, The Ultimate Gift by Jim Stovall? In it the main character, Jason, goes to a Central American nation that I don’t recall to help out with a project that his father was involved in. The project was a library. Jason is a bit jaded when he » Read More
Annually, The Willow Creek Association puts on a Leadership Summit where some great minds in church and business leadership share ideas about leadership. I attended several years ago and, while energized, I felt that the speakers challenged me to do things I was powerless to do. As a layperson in the structured church, I feel » Read More
We naturally seem to serve ourselves. We eat and sleep and do whatever we do for mostly selfish reasons. At least I do. I don’t like to admit it, but I’m eating what I want for lunch as I type this. I didn’t choose what I’m doing because it served someone else. I choose based » Read More
What’s the purpose of capitalism? What’s the point? What about wealth? Is it’s only purpose to purchase comfort, or power or influence? What about benevolence; have you ever wondered why you feel good when you do something for someone else? Why is doing something for others considered “good?”
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