One of my clients was once a Top Gun fighter pilot for the US Air Force. Top Guns are just that, the top gun or pilot in their class. His particular life story I found both fascinating and instructive. He had been captivated by flight since a child and his Type A personality dreamed for [...]
Years ago, I went through a particularly difficult season. It felt like my life was a sand castle, which after years of careful building, was suddenly being eroded and swept out to sea. I watched as each wave came crashing ashore while retreating with a piece of my life firmly in its grasp. Powerful and [...]
We all think we want God’s blessing and the fruits of success… or do we? Allow me to share with you some thoughts to consider. We pray for God’s blessings on our lives expecting it to come as a gentle breeze with rose petals gracefully wafting through our circumstances bringing cheerfulness and less pressure to [...]
I hope you don’t mind me staying on the subject matter of the life of Joseph ben Israel for a few more posts. I suppose you have figured out by now that this historical figure is of significant interest to me. So much so, he is one of the inspirations behind my consulting and life-coaching [...]
Any entrepreneur who has started a business understands all too well the daily decisions which need to be made which challenge who they are at their core. While some decisions are simple involving little risk, others have significant consequences attached which can trickle down and affect the lives of other people. Being a business owner [...]
As one discovers while traversing the decades of life, so much of it is not what we anticipated. We didn’t know what we didn’t know. A great paradox of life is the more we know, the more we realize we really don’t know. The innocence of our childhood long ago drifted away like a seeding [...]
In grade school we were taught Newton’s third law; For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Initially, I was under the impression this was a principle which applied only to celestial bodies and physical objects. Over time, as I poured myself into the study of anthropology and sociology, I discovered this also [...]
I’m laughing to myself at the title I’ve chosen for this next blog; it could be the name of a music group or even a Broadway musical! On a more serious note, I would like to spend some time over the next few weeks sharing my perspective on the biblical figure of Joseph and why [...]
