Bob was 17 years my senior and passed away nearly two decades ago. He was pastor of the Beacon Light Chapel near Churubusco, IN, and was also a television sports broadcaster in Ft. Wayne. I remember following him in a mall as people stopped him for autographs. He was...

Who are your cheerleaders? For whom are you a cheerleader? Don Landoll, owner of Landoll Manufacturing in Marysville, Kansas, started out in a small garage in a small town in rural Kansas and grew his business to employ nearly 900 people now. He attributes his success...

     I would rather call people forth than call them out and recently had an opportunity to do so with a young man serving me a glass of wine. I'll set the stage first.      I took my wife to watch, "Where the Crawdads Sing," for our anniversary to a movie theater...

I have a small bookshelf designated for books that have changed my worldview; they are like small monuments that mark moments in my history that define who I am and how I think. They are books that, if you were to look at the titles, you would say, “Oh, that’s why...

Society seems quick to call people out, but what about calling people forth? Calling people out is all negative and says, “I think what you’re doing is wrong and I’m going to put a bullseye on you so people can start shooting at you; me first.” Calling people forth is...

I'm at the Lake Lanier Islands north of Atlanta, Georgia ready to engage approximately 200 top executives of a major corporation in a meal packaging event. Working together, at the end of the day, they will have helped provide meals that we will send to Europe for...

Someone marked "north" wrong on the map so it took 400 years until someone discovered the ancient civilization of Etzanoa near Ark City, Kansas. Once the map was turned a quarter of a turn to the right and West replaced North, it wasn’t long before archaeologists...

     When Sadie, our 12-year-old Golden Retriever, wakes up each morning, the first thing she does is bring me one of her toys.      She’s a retriever; that’s her purpose.      She starts her day doing what she’s made to do. The starts her day on mission to fulfill...

Have you ever imagined what life was like on a wagon train back in the 1800’s? I do, frequently, because there’s a spot on my morning walk along the outskirts of my small, rural Kansas town, where history was made by wagon trains. About three blocks from my house, I...

Admittedly, I am a Do-Gooder. Even my Twitter profile reads, “My goal in life is to be a swizzle stick, stirring up good in people. I want written on my tombstone: He loved well and helped a lot of people feed the hungry.” However, I’ve had the good fortune to spend...