I was speaking with Kristin several weeks ago about a topic having to do with people who are judgmental about others. As is usual during conversations with her, she comes up with something innocent, and funny, that perfectly illustrates the…
Every so often, I am invited to fill in for a pastor and take over the preaching duties at various churches. Well, today was such a day. On and off throughout the last 5 years of so, I usually get…
I have spent many years of my life teaching leadership dynamics and organizational behavior to teams of all kinds. I have worked with groups involved in designing and building morphine pumps for patients in chronic back pain, stents for the…
When I was a young boy, my Dad worked in the Tribune Tower overlooking the Chicago River in downtown Chicago. It was a beautiful Gothic building that is the destination of many architectural students who travel from all over the…
Today is Labor Day, 2012. Admittedly, it is the time of year that summer traditionally starts to wind down and kids get back in the groove of attending school. There is the slightest hint of fall in the air and…
Today, I’ve had three requests for meetings this week-end and a call from a Muslim fellow who wanted me to perform his wedding ceremony in October, without any mention of faith or God. Needless to say, I declined… That’s how…
Well, another day has passed at the Greenbrier. Before we get here each visit, we set forth an agenda of things that we think we will do. I usually bring a book, we think about going to the artist colony…
Today, our first full day here at the Greenbrier, turned out to be spa day. Janet is always pretty insistent that we go down to the spa and get one of their treatments. She usually gets pedicures, manicures, or today…
As you already know, Janet and I celebrated our 39th anniversary last Friday and were on the road to Williamsburg, VA. Janet’s sister Nancy, and their folks, live there and several times each year, I try to get out there…