Founders Corner
Over a 22 year period, we have lived in three foreign countries, worked in another six, and visited over forty. We have had the privilege of being in the real estate business for over 15 years and then founding an international water filter business.
My claim to fame is that I really enjoy long distance hiking having hiked the Camino (502 miles in 31 days) and the Appalachian Trail (2,172 miles in 181 days). Now I am working on the North Country Trail, 4,200 miles.
It is the relationship with the giver of life that our journey has purpose and meaning. Those of you that we know have also added a deepness and richness to our lives for which we are forever grateful.
Sunday Morning
I am convinced that asking the right questions even without getting a good answer is more important than getting answers to the wrong questions. Today, we discussed eight questions around the topic of church in today’s world. I walked away with some new...
Corporate Social Responsibility
This is the question we discussed today: Isn't the business of business business? When there is money to be made, can the business world be trusted to do the right thing? Will they self-correct on important issues such as human rights issues, important ethical...
Our Experience in God’s World
Today I realized again, the limited scope of our national news and our general unawareness of the world we live in. Our discussion also gave me a deep sense of gratitude for the experience, knowledge, and personal engagement of the people in the...
Leveraging Compassion
The question I struggle with is How can one make a significant difference in the world? We talked this morning about the massive needs of the eighty million refugees and displaced persons and our personal response. The consensus seems to be about...
The Southern Border
Our discussion this Sunday morning was simply listening to the experience of Bev, our volunteer member. She went with several other women for a week to work specifically with children at a Catholic Charities Respite Center at McAllen, Texas. This center...
Christianity…Culture…Country…Capitalism…Calling
Our discussion today was based on a real-life story of sacrificial service to others and our failure as a society to meet the needs of the most vulnerable among us. Do I have to be my brother’s keeper? My thoughts this morning are not answers but...
Transgender Issues
This is a topic that was never a part of our family growing up. Today it is in the media, our movies, books, and among our friends and families. It is being legislated. And, it is in the Bible although I have never heard a sermon even remotely come...
Success versus Winning
“What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?” “Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.” “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count...
Gerrymandering
It may be time to remind everyone that I am not advocating a position as we discuss so many of these current issues so much as think more deeply about them and to move beyond easy answers to the deeper truths. The discussion today focused on the long-term impacts when...
A Little Too Much Too Soon
On January 20th I had right knee replacement surgery. Now the incision has healed. The bruised black and blue tissue from the ankle to my upper thigh looks well and healthy. All the bruising came four days after surgery. What is that all...
Looking to the Interests of Others
“Not in it to win it!” by Andy Stanley https://youtu.be/KXDIwU9cgf0 This was the source of our discussion today addressing the reasons why we, as people of faith, do what we do…or should do. Forget about what I write below and just listen to the...
Business Connect on World Water Day
Monthly our Business Connect executive team meets and reviews our financials. I noticed in February that we had income of $400 that did not make any sense. I met with Jereme Lambert, my son-in-law, and the director of our business this morning. He informed me that...
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