The Foundation of Character – Trust

by | Mar 3, 2011 | Leadership

Values are important; they are the heart-springs that give strength and quality to our choices and behavior. Biographies of leaders often discuss the values, character, and capabilities that honed their leadership into influencing and investing into others’ lives. It...

Fear or Faith?

by | Mar 3, 2011 | General

When a difficult situation, a giant, is in front of you, there are two ways to face it.  You can be filled with fear and try to run.  Which usually gets you nowhere and in the end makes the situation harder.  Or, you can attack the giant with...

Losing Your Song

by | Mar 3, 2011 | Faith

Beside the rivers of Babylon, We sat down and wept as we thought of Jerusalem We put away our lyres, hanging them on the branches of the willow trees. (Psalm 137:1-2)   I’ve been kind of obsessed with the story of the Jewish exile lately.  (Check out 2...

What If You Did Win the Powerball?

by | Feb 24, 2011 | Financial

All of us at some time or another have daydreamed about what we would do if we came into a large sum of money, if we won the lottery or received a large inheritance. We talk about all the things we would buy or the things we would do with that money, and how life...

It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It

by | Feb 24, 2011 | Faith

I feel lonely and trapped.  I know many stay-at-home moms experience these feelings from time to time, but today I feel more justified in these feelings than usual.  I am literally trapped.  My car got stuck in the driveway as I was trying to escape...