Confidence: A Cornerstone of Effective Leadership
In May of 2024 I spent two weeks walking solo on the Camino in Portugal and Spain. When I decided to commit to this venture, I saw it as a break from the weighty role of leadership and the associated care for people that is such an intrinsic part of leadership. Traveling alone would mean […]
Continue ReadingThe Camino: What, Why and How
In late May of 2024, I boarded a flight for Portugal to walk the Camino Portuguese. The Camino, as I will refer to it in this article, is an approximately 180-mile pilgrimage route from Porto, Portugal to Santiago, Spain. This particular route has been growing in popularity in recent years. While doing a pilgrimage might […]
Continue ReadingFive Questions Every Family in Business Must Answer
The family business is one of the economic staples in the American economy. While the family business category may not represent a majority of the revenue generated in the world of sheds, it likely does represent the majority of companies. My article in the previous edition discussed achieving clarity in the three spheres of family […]
Continue ReadingThe Truth about Same-Sex Marriage: Six Things You Must Know about What’s Really At Stake, by Erwin W. Lutzer | Review by Rosa Byler
That there should even be a book by this title is a sign of the times we live in! Moral corruption and deviant lifestyles have always existed on the underside of the fabric of society, but ours is probably the first literate culture to couple two such antithetical terms in so casual a manner. The […]
Continue ReadingThe Family Business:
Family-owned and -operated businesses are a major contributor to the American economy. A recent study by SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) noted that there are 28.8 million small businesses in America; and of those, 19% are “family owned.” They define “family owned” as “any business in which two or more family members operate the […]
Continue ReadingLife As a Prayer: Recapturing the Wind of Head Covering, by Michele Barnes McClendon | Review by Rosa Byler
Have you ever wondered how Christians outside of Anabaptism view I Corinthians 11 today? While a head covering for women has been customary throughout many cultures in most of world history, the practice has fallen into disuse during the last hundred years, particularly in Western culture. Churches that observed it thoughtlessly while it was in […]
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