Everybody Should Read This Book
Here’s a book that almost everybody I know should read. Henri Nouwen was brilliant, of course. He gave a talk on fundraising and somebody had the good sense to publish it as A Spirituality of…
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Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #5
Few books stand the test of time. But for over 125 years Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain has been able to entertain readers, irritate people, and force all of us to reflect on…
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Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #6
It was 1999 when my father gave me the book Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company by legendary Intel CEO Andrew Grove. Dad’s comment to me was,…
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Taking Stock
Junkyard Wisdom is 4-years old now. Topics have bounced from leadership ideas to wine reviews, from PathLight updates to family stories, and a wide range beyond all that. All of it has reflected my range…
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Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #7
When I think about the books that influenced my life, I have to think about the books that shaped my world view. As a child of the 1950’s, it would be great if I could…
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Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #8
The first time I read a novel or any work of fiction it’s all about the story. Who did what, where, when and why. If the story is compelling I will fly through it, eager…
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Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #9
History was an easy subject for me to grasp in school, maybe because history is simply a collection of stories that actually happened. I have always loved the subject. History helps us understand how we…
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Through the Eye of a Needle
One of the constant themes in my life — and the one I’d focus on if I ever wrote a book — is how we balance wealth, giving, and our faith. We live in the…