Views of Summer
It has been an amazing summer. September is a wonderful month — the weather is often the best of the year. But it also makes me pause and realize summer is nearly over. Tonight they harvest…
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Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life — #1
So here we are, nineteen months after my first post in the series on 25 books that influenced my life. I’ve described a wide range of books, from comics to textbooks, from classic novels to…
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PathLight Staff Retreat
Last week we had a wonderful PathLight staff retreat at our home. Over half the PathLight staff were able to attend and it was an incredibly productive time. We set out to build the team…
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Prized Possession
I met Alan Smyth about 20 years ago when we both attended a church in Fremont, California. He was the local Young Life Director and clearly a guy with great talent. Over the years we’ve…
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Wine and War
If you read this blog you know how much I enjoy wine. You probably also realize from my book reviews how much I love history. And yes, I’ve read lots of history books about wine….
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More is Less
Here’s a classic example of how Junkyard Wisdom precedes academic insight. A few years ago I read a marketing book that cited a Stanford University study. The Stanford researcher had gone to a high end…
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Buy a Backpack!
Every year about this time, students and their parents go on “back to school” shopping trips. I remember the days when my two kids would get so excited at the prospect of new clothes, shiny…
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Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #2
If you know me well and looked through my 25 most influential books, it would be fairly obvious which author is missing from the list. J.R.R. Tolkien. I was in junior high school when somebody…