"Don't waste your sales pitch on the receptionist!" That was one of the first pieces of advice I got from a seasoned pro as he was coaching me for my new position in outside sales. Simple, right? Think about it.... how much time do we spend saying the right things to the wrong people? I … Continue reading Don’t Waste Your Sales Pitch on the Receptionist!
Category: Random Ruminations
Still Worshipping the Golden Calf
"I Quit!" That's the bottom line of a letter delivered to the POTUS yesterday. For the first time in US history, the Secretary of Defense of the United States resigned in protest over an order that amounts to us not keeping our word to our allies who have staked their futures on our fidelity. It … Continue reading Still Worshipping the Golden Calf
What’s This Salvation Thing, Anyway?
Every major religion touts some sort of salvation. The Buddhist is forever in search of Nirvana, the Muslim seeks to merit favor by submission and good works, Oriental religions seek to maintain purity of cultural thought and uniformity.....the list goes on and on, but there is a common thread - almost all religion points to … Continue reading What’s This Salvation Thing, Anyway?
Not Meant For The Middle
One would be hard pressed to find a serious Christian unfamiliar with John's warning to the Laodicean church in Revelation 3:16... "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." ….yet for all intents and purposes, much of the modern church has built it's entire … Continue reading Not Meant For The Middle
Thoughts on Being a Christian Gentleman in a Carnal Culture
One of the great frustrations that many people have with the Kingdom of God is the apparent disconnect between Christian ideals and Christian conduct. The poison pill in all of this is that dreaded straw man known as hypocrisy. It is not just a metaphorical scriptural stumbling block (Mt 18:5-7, et al), it is a … Continue reading Thoughts on Being a Christian Gentleman in a Carnal Culture
A Cancer in the Body
On June 25, 1973 a young attorney who had served as White House Counsel began his testimony before the United States Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (the Watergate Committee) with a the following quote.... "I began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and that if the … Continue reading A Cancer in the Body
It Really Is A Big Deal
We've all dealt with it. You know the attitude. "I don't have to go to Church to be a Christian", they say. "God knows my heart" or, as one songwriter suggested "...me and Jesus, we got our own thing going". As frustrating as that is to anyone who knows anything about relationship dynamics at any … Continue reading It Really Is A Big Deal
Who Broke the Baby?
For any man with children, Fathers Day can be nothing short of intimidating. There are few if any institutions in western civilization that have been more maligned, misinterpreted, and misrepresented. Popular culture has conspired to make Dad into the designated buffoon in every comedy, the unstable variable in every drama, and the villain in every … Continue reading Who Broke the Baby?
In Search of Fossils.
There are times when I look up from what I'm doing and wonder how I ended up in this alternate reality. Admittedly, some of that disorientation comes from the fact that I'm about to enter the upper middle of middle age, and taking inventory is becoming reflexive almost to the point of obsessive. When a … Continue reading In Search of Fossils.
Did I Do That?
Just prior to WWII in the doldrums of the seemingly inescapable Great Depression, Robert K Merton popularized a concept from his position as a research assistant at Harvard that has become orthodoxy in the field of sociology - that of the law of unintended consequences. His basic thesis, like so much fundamental truth, reflects spiritual … Continue reading Did I Do That?
