[February 13, 2024] Alexandr Solzhenitsyn wrote that “the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.”1 If it were only so easy to find evil people and remove them. Solzhenitsyn’s idea is that this is impossible. But some good news, the rescue of two hostages out of southern Gaza. The daring rescue is… Read More »
[February 12, 2024] The dating game. It sure has changed over the past decade, and if you’ve not been paying attention, then you’ve missed some fantastic debates among men and women. Rich Cooper “is an entrepreneur, private equity investor, content creator … and high performance coach.” He often discusses “red flags” for women and I have a list… Read More »
[February 11, 2024] Occasionally, you hear about our World War II heroes. Still, you never hear of them coming home from the battlefield and integrating themselves back into their hometowns, opening a business, marrying and having children, and being a pillar of their community. Today, we have the daughter of one such hero, Susan Friedenberg, and I want… Read More »
[February 10, 2024] The most basic definition of prayer is “talking to God.” Prayer is not meditation or passive reflection; it is a direct address to God. It is the communication of the human soul with the Lord who created the soul. Prayer is the primary way for the believer in Jesus Christ to communicate his emotions and… Read More »
[February 9, 2024] My wife Nancy alerted me to a book titled “First Steps for Little Feet in Gospel Paths,” initially copyrighted in 1882 by Charles Foster. Her copy is dated 1913 with a handwritten inscription, “To Tommy from Aunt Jane and Uncle Maurice Easter – 1939.” Nancy wanted to share one of the short stories. I want… Read More »
[February 8, 2024] As a teenager, I saw that America was changing, sometimes fast and flashy like a county fair carousel and also slow and sleepy like a hound dog taking a nap on the front porch. My parents would tell us kids about the “good old days” when they walked miles to school and then had to… Read More »
[February 7, 2024] You may wonder why I’m writing about Nazi Ernst Udet, a man who oversaw the failure of the German Luftwaffe during the early years of WW2. I found that studying leadership failures is a fast-track way of learning to be better at what you do. But, more importantly, the lesson for senior leaders is to… Read More »
[February 6, 2024] Miracles do happen. I’d been delivering newspapers on my bicycle back in my old High School days, just a few blocks from where I lived, and standing next to a green-colored, early 1950s Studebaker Champion car was this older man who looked meaner than dirt and older than Moses. With his shirt sleeves rolled up,… Read More »
[February 5, 2024] A few days before the start of my Junior year in High School, me and a few of my best buddies sat around a large fire pit eating, drinking soda, and yakking it up about whatever we wanted. The conversation strayed to many topics, and most of all, we spoke of girls. All summer, we… Read More »
[February 4, 2024] The war of ideas is ON. Dr. Jordan Peterson, psychologist and bestselling author, just lost the appeal that ordered him to undergo “remedial social media training” because of what he believes. His “debauchery” was for tweeting his opinions, something Canada’s College of Psychologists of Ontario did not like. “Canada’s constitution guarantees freedom of conscience, religion,… Read More »