It’s the toughest request you’ll ever receive. A dear friend and collaborator of mine passed from gory to Glory on Saturday. Gordie had been on our ministry’s Board of Directors for decades; he was a trusted partner and had earned widespread respect from all who knew and worked with him. When Covid’s craziness wanes, the […]
Oct 12 2020
Your job, after the election
Politics is – along with religion – a taboo subject in social settings. Despite that timeless ground rule, you can’t find a dinner table in October ’20 where the conversation hasn’t turned to the election – or, protests, or societal issues that are woven into presidential platforms – with passion. There’s a man whose wisdom […]
Oct 5 2020
What do you have worth dying for?
When was the last time you dealt with your mortality? Every person – from the most marginalized homeless person camped on a sidewalk in a modern, declining urban neighborhood to the POTUS who is whisked from the White House Lawn to the VIP Suite at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center – will likely find […]
Sep 28 2020
You were made for more
I’m not completely insensitive; I know that this is a busy week – with the end of Q3 happening on Wednesday, and the start of Q4 signaling the last chance to make something out of a calendar year that started with a bang and has run for months as a bust – but this won’t […]
Sep 21 2020
Will your last words be famous?
Steve Jobs: “Oh, wow. Oh, wow. Oh, wow.” A direct quote from the famous Founder of Apple, but that wasn’t his marketing pitch for a new product launch at the annual MacWorld gathering. Steve’s last words; his wife was there to hear them. Reflections from some of history’s famous notables as they breathe their last: […]
Sep 14 2020
The road back is the road less traveled…
I left college before graduating. Cheri and I were in the countdown to our marriage date, and her father invited me to come into his 25-year business and apprentice under his leadership. I was going to school to snag a career, so the decision wasn’t difficult for me. I traded books for a briefcase… For […]
Sep 7 2020
How to guarantee you’ll be forgotten…
Say it ain’t so, Joe… It was 100 years ago this month – September 28, 1920 – that a Grand Jury was tasked with hearing testimony in what came to be known as the Black Sox Scandal. In brief: the 1919 World Series matched the Cincinnati Reds with the Chicago White Sox. The allegations emerged […]
Aug 31 2020
Follow the money…
When will things return to “normal?” The question is fraught with confusion: what – exactly – do we mean by “normal?” Pre-CV-19? Pre-election conflicts? Pre-Russia probe? Pre-Trump? Pre-internet? When were things “normal?” It’s time to figure out how to fulfill your life’s essential mission, no matter the conditions surrounding us. What does it take to […]
Aug 24 2020
The marathon course goes through a minefield…
Finishing Well. Bob Buford wrote that book in 2004; he, himself, finished well in 2018. I have my copy of that book in front of me, right now. Here’s Bob’s inscription to me, on the inside flyleaf: “To Bob Shank – A true comrade-in-arms in this ministry. God has joined you and I together in […]
Aug 17 2020
This should scare the hell out of us…
Whose advice will you take? For those whose career life happens in the marketplace, the points on the scoreboard have the “$” symbol. “Bottom line” becomes the bottom line; if money makes you the “winner,” the leaderboard is maintained by Forbes. Every year, their Forbes 400 list updates the current prize winners… Right now, the […]
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