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In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek writes, “Leadership is not a license to do less; it is a responsibility to do more. And that’s the trouble. Leadership takes work. It takes time and energy. The effects are not always easily measured and they are not always immediate. Leadership is always a commitment…

Beginning in 2021 it is going to take a bit more commitment to become a dog owner in Germany. The nation’s Agricultural minister is imposing new rules for owning a dog. Every dog owner will be required to take them outside for a least one hour per day. The law will also prohibit dogs from being left…

A 2017 study, conducted by Gallup, reported disengaged workers — those employees who are not really at work though they may be physically present — make up nearly 51% of the workforce, costing organizations between $450 and $550 billion annually in lost productivity. Effectively, this 51% of the workforce…

Joshua Peninger enjoys being kind to strangers while driving his garbage truck. While running his route recently, Peninger saw two-year-old Charlie Pinion and his mother sitting on their front porch. When Charlie saw the truck, he waved. Peninger honked the horn and waved for Charlie and mother to come…

China has charged Rachel Han with smuggling. Her “smuggling” was the result of her role in China’s underground railroad. This network helps North Korean defectors make their way to South Korea. Her commitment to Christ began when her baby daughter died of leukemia. As she lamented her baby’s death and…

Recently, Evangelist Greg Laurie said, “If we consumed God’s Word like we do social media, it would change our lives.” Too often we are consumed with who and what we are online and we miss the most important relationship we have, our time with God. —Jim L. Wilson and Doug Hixson www.twitter.com/greglaurie…

Gavin Ashenden, a former priest, professor, and chaplain to the Queen, claims that feminism rather than the New Testament has formed the mind-set of most within the Church of England. He believes that it is time for Christians to make a commitment to the New Testament, or succumb to the spirit of the…

Speaking to world leaders, the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg advocated for improving Internet access around the world. At the same time, Zuckerberg took the opportunity to address a common concern with social media, false news stories. Zuckerberg said his company is taking measures to curb what he…

Police in Connecticut say they were surprised when a man charged with stealing a television set twenty-seven years ago flew all the way from Florida and turned himself in. When 60-year-old Randy Iannacone heard that there was a warrant for his arrest, he immediately turned himself in. At the police station,…

There is another new kind of marriage on the horizon according to Ryan Anderson, a Heritage Foundation senior research fellow. He is referring to an idea introduced in the Washington Post called “wedlease.” “A wedlease would be a 5-year marriage contract that you could renew if you wanted to, but otherwise…

Diane Van Deren was committed. Every evening she said good night to her husband and kids and left her home to run. She ran toward the mountains of the Pike National Forest while towing a 50-pound sandbag on a sled. She ran for 10-12 hours. Diane Van Deren was training to run the Yukon Artic Ultra, a…

Richard Hudgins of Louisville, KY will go barefoot for a year to bring awareness to the need for shoes for the less fortunate. He states, "Millions of children are without shoes and these kids are dying and having their limbs cut off just because they don't have anything to protect their feet." His quest…

In Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, David Platt writes, “I was in Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, teaching in an Indonesian seminary. Before they graduate, the students in this seminary are required to plant a church, with at least thirty…

Until the time of our death, we live, sometimes even if we don’t want to. Vangelis Kapatos, a 26-year-old New York City man, decided he didn’t want to live anymore. He jumped from a ninth-story window to kill himself. It must not have been his time. He landed on his back in a pile of uncollected garbage…

When tribal elders selected Crazy Horse as a leader of his people, it brought him no riches. “to the contrary, he was expected to live modestly (as he did anyway), keep only those ponies he actually needed for the hunt or war and give away the others, distribute his meat to the helpless ones, especially…

MARRIAGE Despite recent trends toward short relationships and divorce among other stars, rock musician Jon Bon Jovi and his wife have remained married through the years. The couple was high school sweethearts and wed after graduation. When asked about the longevity of the relationship between him and…

LORDSHIP Monday, June 11th, 2001 convicted Oklahoma City Bomber, Timothy McVeigh was executed at a Federal Prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. McVeigh issued a final statement in which he identified himself with the words of 19th century British poet, William Henley. The closing words of Henley's poem, "Invictius"…

QUALITY TIME Wearing a fresh shine on his shoes, a suit his wife gave him on graduation day and a determined look on his face, Brian stood outside his new office. It wasn't the corner office, but it looked pretty good to him. The smell of new leather from his chair and the warm glow of sunshine streaming…

SUICIDE In a typical year, 32,000 Americans commit suicide. That is about twice as many as are killed by others. A study by a California clinical psychiatrist has indicated that if a suicide can be avoided when the person seeks to carry it out only a small number will make another effort. Kevin Hines…

DEDICATION Controversial basketball coach, Bobby Knight, of the Texas Tech Red Raider men’s team has announced that he will not accept his quarter million dollar salary. Following his team’s 74-68 loss to Baylor, the coach told the school to keep his salary. Knight said he did not feel he had done a…

TRANSITIONSMINISTRYOUTREACH According to D. Michael Lindsay, a consultant for religion and culture to the Gallup Institute, there are two critical moments when a person might lessen or increase their involvement in a local church “times of relocation and family transition.” “As a result,” Lindsay says,…

Quality Time Wearing a fresh shine on his shoes, a suit his wife gave him on graduation day and a determined look on his face, Brian stood outside his new office. It wasn't the corner office, but it looked pretty good to him. The smell of new leather from his chair and the warm glow of sunshine streaming…