I am hesitant to write what I am about to write because it might sound like I think I have things figured out. I am actually quite sure I don’t have much figured out. However, I like to talk about things that are important to me and what I am going to talk about today […]
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When I exercise, I listen to podcasts and often the podcast I choose is Dave Ramsey. There was a time where I really did not care for him that much; and I still have some reservations –but I have grown to appreciate him a lot more. The thing about Ramsey is that he understands something […]
A decade ago, I joined a CEO group called TEC (now Vistage). Each month, a different CEO hosted the group and we talked shop. My first meeting was in the fancy offices of a really nice CEO. As I recall, he was prominent in local politics, on the board of the county library system, and a […]
I am a Protestant, but I admire the beauty of the other two major divisions in Christianity (Orthodoxy and Catholicism). If I lived in a big city near a major Orthodox or Catholic cathedral that really did things well, I would visit services just to soak in the beauty of the buildings, the atmosphere, the […]
I was recently at one of those tex-mex chain restaurants (On the Border) with the family. The service was average at best and the food was far from great. However, I chatted with the waitress a bit and when I paid later, I left her a tip that was roughly equivalent to the bill. In […]
Doing nothing often leads to the very best kind of something. – Winnie the Pooh My family wanted to see the new Winnie the Pooh movie yesterday in the late afternoon. When they told me, I decided to go with them. I am a sucker for the wisdom you find in Winnie the Pooh–I have […]
There is not much that I can add to the national discussion of Billy Graham this past week and I am not going to try. However, as I read an article about his funeral service, I saw a name of a person that has influenced me a lot. The pianist for the service was John […]
As we close out the year, I want to write something off the beaten path, at least for me. Before I do, let me say I hope you have had a great 2016 and wish you the best in 2017. In my opinion, most people in the United States should never have car payments. There are exceptions […]
I am not one who pines for the “good old days” because I know that the good old days were not really so good. However, there are strengths and weaknesses to every generation and I want to talk about one of our era’s weaknesses: why do we seem to have a dearth of real men today when compared to the […]
I talk to people occasionally that liken their life to that of a hamster on a spinning wheel. I think homemakers in particular struggle with this because of the nature of much of their work: washing clothes, cleaning, and cooking are all jobs that seem endless and sometimes lacking in significance. The politically correct thing for me […]
I am well into my first semester at Berklee and it has been a great experience so far. I have learned more in five weeks than I may have learned in the last three years. I have also gotten a wakeup call as to what I don’t know. The class I am taking is focused […]