Last week was my mother’s funeral. She found out two months earlier that she had liver cancer, and the end came quickly. My mother was the strongest woman I know. Perhaps what she was most known for,...
Last year my wife and I bought a new car. We like it, but it recently caused us some challenges when someone backed into it in a parking lot. To his credit, the driver took responsibility for...
Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking (aff) (New York: Broadway Books, 2012). 342 pages.
I read this book so I could...
Rodney Stark, The Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries (aff). (New York: Harper One, 1996). 246...
Most leaders, regardless of how talented, will eventually face an issue that challenges them to their core. It’s inevitable.
Being courted by organizations can be delightful. The “honeymoon” period after obtaining a new position...
Jordan B. Peterson, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life (aff). New York: Penguin/Portfolio, 2021. 402 pages.
Jordan Peterson has become famous for his intellectual, honest search for truth...
During the 2021 Major League Baseball season, Trea Turner had the best batting average in the league at 0.328. Hitting with those numbers guarantees a player earns millions of dollars each year. Statistically, he got a hit...
Karen Swallow Prior, On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books (aff). Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2018. 267 pages.
I read this book as a member of...
Human beings have a multitude of advantages over the animal kingdom. We can communicate at high levels (when not posting on social media!). We can imagine. We can solve complex problems (Granted, so can the squirrels trying...
Robert Wolgemuth, Gun Lap: Staying in the Race with Purpose (aff). Nashville: B and H Publishing Group, 2021. 226 pgs.
This book is different from what I typically read....
