One late summer day, so long ago I cannot remember if I was 5 or 8. Often during those long summer days, grandma and I would go out back to pick the blackberries growing along her backyard fence. I loved those times. Grandma was full of godly wisdom which she...
As we re-calibrate mission, our core values begin with relationships. Why? Because Jesus began with relationships. What is the greatest commandment? Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your...
When I was at the University of Oregon, I took Organic Chemistry class. The class required a two hour lab too. The lab consisted of on experiment which if done right, we were told, should take 20 hours. Our assignment was to blend dozens of ingredients precisely...
Once I found a yellow moth on the front porch of my grandparent’s home. I was perhaps 8 yrs old, and it happened as I stepped out through my front door into the glass-enclosed vestibule, nearly like a greenhouse, where we left our boots in the winter. The moth was...
“Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming down stairs, but sometimes he feels there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for...
In my study of millennials, one of the more interesting articles I read was written by Stephen Greenwall; it’s titled “There will be blood, Millennial blood.” Greenwall gives 7 reasons why employers are currently firing Millennials on a broader level. These reasons...
There are few closed doors to doing business. The opportunities are as wide as a man's ingenuity, as deep as his character, and as high as his faith in God.
