Many people have moved to Idaho looking for, in essence, a patriotism retirement community. In their minds, if patriotism isn’t already dead in many parts of the country, it’s in its wheelchair, subsisting on a regimen of pills and injections. I remember in twelfth...
How to develop new leaders: The Freedom to Fail
When was the last time you failed well? I mean, really bombed out on something? We never forget our spectacular failures, but more often than not, the fear, and regret, and embarrassment evaporate, leaving behind the residue of a humorous story and, after we have...
Addiction’s vicious cycle
“Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who tarry long over wine; those who go to try mixed wine…” “They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not...
Can I follow my heart?
“Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.” - Prov 19:2 You’ve heard “Think before you speak.” But what about “Think before you want”? I don’t know if that’s technically possible, but at a minimum, God wants us to be...