Hard Times Heroes. That’s the way we’ve branded the mid-week devo that Noah Elias and I launched last Wednesday on our Facebook Group platform. (Note: you don’t have to “be on Facebook” to view that. Click here to view the March 23rd Facebook live post without having to “join”.) Here’s the BFO (Blinding Flash of […]
Mar 23 2020
Do you think God’s still involved?
It’s fitting to find inspiration in some of the Heroes who have emerged in the Hard Times. The Master’s Program launched in 1997. Now in our 24th year, we’ve weathered multiple storms that could have been game-enders. From ’97 to ’03, the markets experienced gyrations from the collapse of the overloaded tech sector to the […]
Mar 22 2020
Confidential: the Leadership Game Plan
What is leadership? What’s a Leader to do? That’s no rhetorical question today. What are you supposed to do? We’re all in a wartime posture; rather than a military engagement, it’s biological warfare, but the battle is being waged on political, professional, scientific and economic fields of engagement. We’re all under orders… Shelter-in-place. Social distancing. […]
Mar 16 2020
The antidote for the deadliest plague
It is no laughing matter. For some, it was easily politicized. Some linked it to a racial conflict; classic xenophobia. Could it be a power play between two leaders vying for dominance? Whatever its origins, if the situation scaled to the level that was predicted, pandemic would not be the term with enough weight to […]
Mar 9 2020
Are you a Fraidy Cat?
The numbers are terrifying. So far this year, 105 children in America – infants to 17-year-olds – have died from the disease. Why isn’t someone doing something about that? Should we shut down the schools and shelter kids in place until the crisis passes? “The crisis” is the flu, and there is a vaccine for […]
Mar 2 2020
Never bet against this family…
Faithfulness: strict or thorough in the performance of duty; true to one’s word. That should be qualification #1 to look for when vetting a leader. Today, there are approximately 15 million Jews in the world; about 80% live in either the United States or Israel. They represent less than 2% of today’s American population… yet, […]
Feb 24 2020
Have you burnt your ships?
February 18, 1519. The date is underscored in history; the 501st anniversary of the events from that day came and went last week. Any clue what happened? Hernan Cortés – we know him as Cortez – was a young Spanish man with a heart for adventure. His family was nobility but economically modest; he had […]
Feb 17 2020
When people of influence have had enough…
What is a Tipping Point? According to Merriam Webster, it’s “the critical point in a situation, process, or system beyond which a significant and often unstoppable effect or change takes place.” Happy Presidents Day. Since American History was retired – along with wood shop and home economics – from the school catalogs of the 21st […]
Feb 10 2020
Are you one of us (Evangelicals)?
Punch-drunk: “stupefied by a series of heavy blows to the head.” Are you feeling it this morning? Last week, we were cornered in the ring, and the headlines were unrelenting. Are you starting this week a little punch-drunk? The Iowa Caucus meltdown: political suicide by an untested app. The Impeachment: the political equivalent of the […]
Feb 3 2020
May the best team win…
If you want to be strategic with your time, there’s a smart way to watch Pro Football. Wait until the first Sunday of February to dial-in; set the whole game to record (so you’ll be able to enjoy all of the commercials)… but wait until the 4th Quarter to get serious and to focus. Yahoo […]
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