Inspire

I heard it long before I saw it. The blades of its propellers pounded the air as it moved slowly across the afternoon sky. Sitting atop Mount Fortuna at the north east edge of San Diego, I [...]

Shock and Awe 66,391. That’s how many people were in Lucas Oil Stadium last night to watch the Colts and the Patriots. I’m not a huge football fan, but I must confess that attending [...]

Our Quest for Purpose During a recent podcast discussion, our conversation turned toward the concept of “Following the Signs.” Those of you who know me or follow what I write, know [...]

Today begins Advent, the season of preparation and waiting in anticipation of Christmas. Thanksgiving has passed and Black Friday promotions have formally initiated the retail sprint to the [...]

In the early days of one of our operations, I asked an employee about the status of some backorders. “All good,” he replied without hesitation. “They’re on their [...]

I do not write for children, but for the childlike, whether of five, or fifty, or seventy-five. George MacDonald Our world is so very complicated. Complicated technologies. Complicated [...]

The way to read a fairy tale is to throw yourself in. W.H. Auden Sally and I recently had the opportunity to spend a few days in Vermont, where autumn has appeared in all it’s glory. Cooler [...]

Time keeps on slippin’ slippin’ slippin’Into the future Steve Miller Band, Fly Like an Eagle Was it just a year ago that our bulldog died? Has the pandemic really only been going for 18 [...]

For those of us alive on September 11, 2001, it has been a fast and eventful 20 years to today. In many ways, these 20 years have literally been a lifetime. So many wonderful tributes have been [...]

Why do we always complicate things? For ourselves. For others. For the world. True, it is a complex world. It is a world of possibilities. Choices. Directions. Decisions. Unknowns. However, our [...]