The place where God calls you is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet. --Frederick Buechner Last week I shared how so many businesses suffer... read more →
It is one thing to study war and another thing to live the warrior’s life. —Telamon of Arcadia, mercenary of the fifth century B.C.E., as quoted in The War of... read more →
We’ve seen momentum shifts in games: it happens in basketball games where one team seems to drain every shot. The other team looks flat-footed and tosses nothing but bricks. On... read more →
Most business owners I talk with are still emerging from “hibernation,” shaking off the rust, and envisioning and creating their 2013. Dr. C. Otto Scharmer calls this “presencing” and puts... read more →
Last week, I began our tour through the liminal dimension of business ethics as incarnated by John Bogle and the Vanguard Group mutual fund company. We often feel it is other people... read more →
When God gives of God’s self, one of two things happens: either flesh is inspirited or spirit is enfleshed. —Richard Rohr At last week’s 3to5 Club, a bi-monthly meeting of... read more →
"To have a firm persuasion, to set out boldly in our work, is to make a pilgrimage of our labors, to understand that the consummation of work lies not only... read more →
Most financial services professionals I know are looking for a “silver bullet” for gaining a steady stream of client referrals. Why does the silver bullet elude us? The silver bullet... read more →
One of the hazards of this servant selling (see also Part 1 & Part 2 of this series for reference) approach is to actually violate the Golden Rule. Rather than... read more →
The Celts called it right. They considered Advent—the time leading up to the birth of Jesus—to be a liminal doorway where Past, Present, and Future met in a Person. For... read more →
