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February 4, 2014
Inspired To Learn
What we’ve already learned positions us for what we’re about to learn. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. • 2 Corinthians 3:18 Come further up, […]
January 30, 2014
Making Time for Creating
Tonight, my dear friend Wayne Thomas Batson arrives at our home for a three day writing weekend that we call a Writer’s Bootcamp. We’ve been conducting these annually for the past nine years. Usually, we write, talk, write, eat, drink, write, use the bathroom (separately), talk, write, and then pass out, only to awake the […]
January 28, 2014
The Reality of Raising The Minimum Wage
Here’s what happens when real businesses (not hypothetical ones) face a rising minimum wage, as just happened in the state of New York. Being a business owner, I sit with four of my restaurant managers in a weekly strategy meeting. We all know our prices are already as low as possible in order to attract […]
January 27, 2014
The Christian Response to the Grammys
It’s really important to me that someone, somewhere is actually publishing sound thought in contrast to otherwise unsound behavior. No, I’m not talking about Hollywood’s behavior during last night’s Grammys in which 33 couples were married in a makeshift chapel, the majority of them homosexual. I’m talking about the responses that many Christians are having […]
January 25, 2014
Liberty Mutual’s New Olympic Video Series: RISE
With the 2014 Olympic Winter Games being held in Sochi, Russia, why wouldn’t an insurance company want in on the action? Sorry. Bad lead in. Horrible. In all seriousness, I am praying for the safety of everyone involved over there. Such a high profile event is bound to attract people that hate freedom and the […]
January 22, 2014
Prosperity: Threading the Needle
[Title change courtesy of reader Ernie Zimmerman] Jesus addressed every American living in 2014 when he said: “To whom much is given, much is required.” When even my nation’s poorest citizens still rank among the wealthiest people in the world, we have much required of us as a nation. Writer Matt Ridley put it this […]
America’s Dirty Little Secret
Jesus addressed every American living in 2014 when he said: “To whom much is given, much is required.” When even my nation’s poorest citizens still rank among the wealthiest people in the world, we have much required of us as a nation. Writer Matt Ridley put it this way: “Today, of Americans officially designated as […]
January 20, 2014
Learn Like You Eat
[Image from The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers] Teaching people is a lot like feeding people. Since I’m familiar with the idea of feeding people in our restaurants, the analogy works well. Some people hate your food. They don’t like it, and won’t have it again. Others didn’t like it before, but they […]
January 19, 2014
The Hopper Kids Explain Martin Luther King Day
If kids get a day off from school, they’d better know why. At least, that’s the logic in our house. See how my kids explained Martin Luther King Day. Then let me know what you learned. Where every comment gets a reply, ch:
January 16, 2014
Raul Midón
Yesterday, we discussed what good art is supposed to do, and the fine art character sculptures of Stéphane Halleux and his new animated movie. Here’s some more inspiring work by multi-disciplined musicians Raul Midón. I really don’t want to say anything else. Just come back here and comment when you’re done watching. I’d love to […]
