Six years ago, I entered the Valley of Cancer. Now cancer-free (!), I am keenly aware that cancer of a different kind is attacking one of the liberties I cherish most in America -- Religious Liberty. Who will win this battle? People of faith, empowered with knowledge, practical strategies, and the courage to stand. This blog will become your "go to" place for Learning and Leverage, especially for leaders in business -- the next great mission field for Christ.
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It has been too long, Lord. Too long between those precious times of putting my heart on paper. When You have surprised me with Joy Unspeakable. When You have filled me with Hope Unquenchable. Like this morning. It was a simple thing, really. Simple for You, that is. No amount of human orchestration -- neither...
Imagine Jesus sitting by you as you review monthly statements from your investment accounts. He is, you know. You just can’t see Him in the flesh. Imagine He sees your great ROI, in appreciation and dividends, because your companies are “rockin’ it.” Turning the five “bags of gold" He entrusted to you into ten. You’re...
Why should I be surprised, Lord? That I would have an amazing God-encounter at church today? Shouldn't that be the very place we have them all the time? :) It was so like You, dear Abba... to use a child as Your messenger. A messenger who lived The Message without realizing it. She was the...
When did it start, Abba? This precious renewal of our Covenant? On my side, that is. Your side of our Covenant never wavers. If I ever feel far from You, it is because I have moved. And even if I have, You move with me. So You are always closer than my next breath, ready...
It's a great expression in our culture. "Moving heaven and earth." An indicator of going the extra mile on behalf of something or someone. For one businessman, it was more than a slogan. Maybe that's why one source ranks him among the greatest of Christian businessmen of all time for his contribution to the advancement of...
You said, Abba, that "a little child shall lead them." I know you meant Jesus, who came as The Child and now rules as The King. Yet even today, You are still using little children to lead us... aren't you? Like this 7-year-old girl I learned about through Janet Parshall. Host of the nationally-syndicated radio show, In...
There's an expression in our culture: "Those that can, do. Those that can't, teach." I can remember a university professor (or ten?) that resemble that remark. Not Craig McAndrews. He's an Executive Professor at the University of Houston, teaching at the C.T. Bauer College of Business. And before teaching, he had been an accomplished business executive....
Joel Dahl calls himself a Second Chance Employer. He gives many ex-prisoners a second chance at life by employing them in his construction company, Dahled Up. Joel knows firsthand how hard it can be for ex-prisoners to get a job. As a former prison inmate, he has been there. So he knows such past mistakes...
Today's "Profile in Courage" is not about a business leader, but a leader majoring in business at one of America's most liberal universities. Student senator Isabella Chow, at University of California-Berkleley. Isabella is a Christian. And she experienced intense hostility after abstaining from a vote condemning a recent Trump administration proposal. The proposal would adopt...
News reports in recent years have been filled with images of university students (and outside agitators) shouting down conservative speakers and ransacking campus buildings. Creating "safe spaces" where students don't have to hear ideas with which they take exception. All in the quest to silence what "the powers-that-be" consider offensive speech. Hmm... Which powers? Maybe...