Star Wars: The Force Awakens This week, I saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens for a second time. Since I had seen it a few weeks ago, I watched it with different eyes. I saw little events I missed the first time through. Particularly, I was focused on the character Rae. Rae is a young woman who grew […]
The Gift Giver and the Called.
Beautiful The story of Ruth is not just one of the most beautiful stories in the bible, but might be one of the most beautiful stories in all the world. Ruth is daughter-in-law to Naomi. Both Ruth and Naomi (along with another daughter-in-law) have lost their husbands. Naomi is living is a foreign land, so […]
You know you’re a fighter if…
I’ve now taken 2 extended road trips with my family this year (once to Florida and another to Colorado). Here’s a reality I’m learning as a father to a pre-teen daughter: When stuck in a car for 30+ hours over a few days you will learn a lot of Top 40 songs. I am now […]
Are you building something you love?
Caine’s Arcade Caine’s Arcade is a hit on Vimeo, Facebook and traditional media outlets. However, there are possibly some of you who don’t know about Caine or his arcade. Let me tell you… Caine is a 9-year-old boy who went to work with his dad every day during the summer. His dad owns an auto […]
Google shares how find your next BIG idea.
I admit I’ve done it. I’ve ignored the amazing feats Google has accomplished over the past 10 years because of Apple’s amazing story. Google is an innovation machine. They, much like Apple, are constantly pushing and changing the way we look at the world. Google, though, views this process much different from Apple. Google shares. […]
Overcoming happiness
Happy, happy… My friend Mark got me thinking about happiness the other day. It came in the form of a comment on one of my posts about finding your story. In a nutshell, he is done searching for happiness. Not in a fatalistic sense, but he’s realized happiness is fleeting. I can’t find a reason to […]
What are you investing into your clients?
I didn’t enter my the business world as my adult life was beginning. I started out as a professional minister. For 10 years I worked with kids, teens and parents in a couple of Kansas City churches. That beginning has given me a different way of operating business. With that thought in mind, let me ask […]