Frederick the Great of Prussia saw the potato’s potential to help feed his nation and lower the price of bread, but faced the challenge of overcoming the people’s prejudice against the plant. When he issued a 1774 order for his subjects to grow potatoes as protection against famine, the town of Kolberg replied: “The things have neither smell nor taste, … Read more
I hear this all the time from non-profits, “Where do I find and meet major gift donors?” How would you answer that? Perhaps something like this; “I was just at (insert any meeting) and I met this really great woman who is very connected here in the community. And she is very wealthy I think a doctor’s wife. She expressed … Read more
Bearing fruit and multiplying are at the heart of who God is. In fact it is so important to Him, that it’s the first words out of his mouth (Gen 1) and later Jesus says we will be judged on the fruit we are bearing (Luke 3). Today I want to flip it around though and ask you to reflect … Read more
I think the goal of a believer on mission is hearing the phrase “Well done, good & faithful servant” from Jesus. We believe it means we accomplished our purpose in life. In the pursuit of purpose, I sometimes wonder if “I was all that I was suppose to be” or “did all that was suppose to do” along the way … Read more
A dead man’s switch is a safety device on all trains which has to be held continuously in place or it will cause the train to put on it’s emergency brakes. It is meant to be a fail safe way of stopping a train. Boy I wish I had a personal dead man’s switch which would automatically trigger once I … Read more