What’s the Bottom Line? One on-line dictionary – devoted to the idioms of American English – defines “Bottom Line:” the most important aspect of something. All apostles/prophets/evangelists/pastors/teachers (Ephesians 4:11) have important messages for people whose spiritual development are in-process. Their sermons might be given without an archival capture, but in this era, many are recorded […]
Oct 19 2020
Don’t be an innocent target…
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 […]
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