Yesterday, we talked a bit about a large family-owed business and how to deal lovingly with a brother who is being kind of obnoxious. Here are a couple more things to consider: 3. You don’t merge with the other companies as a way of resolving the situation In any marketplace, companies have distinctives. These distinctives, […]

Your dad runs a huge business. He runs it according to some clear principles. There are other businesses in the market. Some of them have clear, though different, principles. Some of them are just taking advantage of your customers. And there are differences in what you offer, though many people don’t exactly see them. You […]

The assumption of school is that people can learn. The assumption of summer vacation is that people need a break from learning. The assumption of grade levels is that people mature. The assumption of curriculum is that structure can help the process of learning. The assumption of teachers (or tutors or mentors) is that some […]

(This was first published April 21, 2009) Jesus was preaching and teaching and healing. That’s what the text says. He was preaching and teaching and healing and he saw crowds. The text doesn’t say – though it implies – that the crowds were coming to where he was, because of what he was doing. The […]

September 1, 1939. It’s a poem by W. H. Auden. He wrote it describing the day that Poland was invaded, the clearest beginning of World War II. After describing the feeling of watching evaporate the hope that somehow war would be averted, that somehow evil could be appeased, Auden ends with a glimmer of hope: Defenseless under […]