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  • Donald Miller at the DNC

    I didn't realize that Donald Miller had prayed at the DNC. He is positive and unapologetic in his witness, yet in no way offensive to those still working our their beliefs. It is really great material. Be encouraged and … … Pass it on.

  • More on Solomon – Leadership Guru – Proverbs 1:1 Part 2

    In Proverbs 1:1, the greatest collection of practical wisdom the world has ever seen is attributed to a man who never advertised, promoted himself, or had a fee schedule. Yet, recognized leaders sought out his counsel, traveled long distances to meet him, and payed him handsomely for his advice. To what might Solomon attribute the attraction?…

  • The World’s First Business Consultant – Proverbs 1:1

    My wife chooses books by title and by reading the back cover. She also has favorite authors to whom she gravitates, but primarily, she is a title/back cover book picker. I see the author's name first. I seek out the latest books by my favorites who are most likely people whose wisdom I trust. Thus, as Solomon…

  • Big Rocks

    In "First Things First," Stephen Covey tells a story that was told him. I don’t know the sources, so I will embellish a bit.   There was a speaker who was called upon to address a group of young people. As a prop, he pulled out a wide-mouth gallon jar and placed it next to a…

  • The Strength of the Wolf = Teamwork

    THE WOLF “Now is the Law of the Jungle—as old and true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.   As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back— For the strength of the pack is the…

  • Getting Up and Getting Going

    You are sitting there, quite possibly stumbling upon this blog by accident because you are surfing the internet via a stream of consciousnesses in dedicated avoidance of whatever it is that you need to be doing right now. I say this not as a prophet as much as a practitioner. I can avoid tasks as…

  • Be Blessed

    Times are tough. You are tougher. Face the times. Life is hard. You are resilient. Keep moving forward. The future is uncertain. God is already there. Do not be afraid. Hope is a rare commodity. Hope is within the grasp of your imagination. Let it soar. Money is scarce. You have all you need in…

  • Hattie May Wiatt

    For those in church Sunday who wanted a copy of the original sermon by Russell H Conwell about Hattie May Wiatt and her gift of 57 cents which has multiplied through the generations, it can be read here beneath a [picture of the little girl: 57 Cents

  • How to Thrive through Economic Jive

    “Jive” can be the music of swing or the language nonsense. It is an apt description of the trends and rhetoric that characterize our current economy. Like the dips, sways, and slides of a “Dancing with the Stars” episode or the meaningless chatter that fills in the blanks, we are caught up in malaise of…

  • The Open Road

    My friend, Kirk, from MySpace posed this question after yesterday’s post: Well, maybe i missed the point….if that road to success has all those hazards…i would take another road to success, yes roads to success have these things only if we create them. There are super highways in our own souls that can take us…