Monday, August 31, 2009
Greg did well enough in school. But when he was a college student, a nursing major, he did not have much focus beyond that. He had no apparent sense of purpose, other than an impossible plan to climb a towering mountain.
The son of Lutheran missionaries in Africa, he did not have much [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Three Cups of Tea
Posted in LeaderFOCUS, tagged Central Asia Institute, Education, Greg Mortenson, Pakistan, Three Cups of Tea on August 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Ready Access to Heaven
Posted in LeaderFOCUS, tagged Mechem on August 24, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Monday, August 24, 2009
Some family stories become folklore. Legend. This will be one of them. Truth can be stranger than fiction. You can’t make this stuff up.
Ordinary days become locked in time. Coincidences become appointments. Grandma Elaine tells the story. But apart from a last minute child-care assignment, a prayer meeting called by minors, a [...]
Wild Blackberries
Posted in LeaderFOCUS, tagged blackberries, grandma on August 10, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Monday, August 10, 2009
I am married to the kind of woman who finds particular delight in nature; it is berry-picking time and somewhere deep in her sense of seasonal rhythm is this critical moment when fruit ripens on the vine or bush, waiting for someone to notice. She does. Every year.
Frankly, this intuitive awareness is [...]
Live Strong
Posted in LeaderFOCUS, tagged Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck, Frank Schleck, Lance Armstrong, Livestrong on August 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sunday, August 2, 2009
A good friend of mine, a fellow pastor-type and bicycle enthusiast, got me going on the Tour de France this summer. I’ve been riding my bike for a lot of years, and one would think that I would have the Tour pretty much on my annual radar screen. It’s taken me this [...]