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.
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...
The Legacy of Donald Trump for People of Faith
A few thoughts that I will reflect on this next week. 1. Trumpism is a mirror to who we are. There are two significant issues: a. What is happening in our society?...
A Christmas Prophecy!
Isaiah 9:6 “…and the government shall be upon His shoulder…” The Hebrew idiom uses “shoulder” to indicate acceptance of the burden of a responsibility. There was a practice in the East of wearing a key on the should as an emblem of the office and...
Person of Faith
Faith and Current Events Personal: I often say to myself after our Sunday discussion group, “That was one of the better ones!” Then the next week comes and I say the same thing. Today, our group of 16, simply took five to seven minutes to briefly answer...
America’s Great Divorce and the Possibility of Reconciliation
I just have a couple of personal take-aways and two items we wanted to share with everyone. 1. We are in the middle of Advent, a time of expectation. Will I (not just can I, but will I) live in expectation of more integrity, be more...
What Do We Do With Evil?
So many of our discussions are just scratching the surface of topics that many books have been written. I appreciate so much the articles and insights that are shared after the discussion. Below are a few of my “Take-Aways.” This does not come close...
Thanksgiving and Covid
This is a personal reflection arising from reading, thoughts, and discussion arising from a Sunday morning discussion group. 1. It seems to me that we as a people have an innate desire to acknowledge, and give thanks, to one greater than...
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