July 30, 2025 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Subscribe for FREE! Pay if you want--or don't! Podcast The True Ryno I met my childhood hero at the White House many years ago. No, it wasn’t the President; It was Ryno. “Ryno” is Ryne Sandberg. He was the second baseman for the Chicago Cubs when I was a kid, and he was the player my dad and my coaches told me to emulate. He played terrific defense (unlike most great players, his statue at Wrigley Field is of him...
11 days ago • 7 min read
July 23, 2025 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Subscribe for FREE! Pay if you want--or don't! Podcast The True Don't Say It It is a word never to be uttered. It should especially never be mentioned in an e-newsletter or any other subscription-based form of communication. It is in every way taboo, and one every marketing plan will scream for you to steer clear of at all costs. Despite all these realities, it is a word you and I should take seriously and deploy...
18 days ago • 6 min read
July 16, 2025 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Subscribe for FREE! Pay if you want--or don't! Podcast The True One Day One day, Jesus walked up. That is how a children’s Bible we use paraphrases John 1:29, which in the NIV version says, “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him.” The context is this: John has been telling everyone that Jesus the Messiah is coming—and that he, John, is NOT the Messiah. John has been preaching, and prophesying, and...
25 days ago • 7 min read
July 9, 2025 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Subscribe for FREE! Pay if you want--or don't! Podcast The True Sit or Serve? It is a difficult concept for me to fully understand and yield to, and it presents itself in the form of a question. Perhaps you can relate. The question is this: Should I sit or should I serve? At the risk of eliminating any suspense, the answer is yes. Yes to both. Yes and yes. You should absolutely live a life of service. Jesus...
about 1 month ago • 8 min read
July 2, 2025 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Subscribe for FREE! Pay if you want--or don't! Podcast The True Fried Eggs on the Sidewalk It was hot enough to fry eggs on the sidewalk (at least the darker sidewalks). For most of last week, our region (and many others) experienced an intense heat wave. Air temperatures were over 100 degrees, and thick humidity pushed the heat index to nearly 120 degrees at times. It was beyond hot. It was dangerous. Even the...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
June 25, 2025 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Subscribe for FREE! Pay if you want--or don't! Podcast The True Is it in You? “Is it in you?” It is the crescendo question of the iconic marketing campaign deployed by Gatorade. NBA legend Michael Jordan was the centerpiece of the ads in the 1990s and narrates the more recent iteration of the commercial that depicts several athletic stars of today. The premise of the ads is that everything about sports is...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
June 18, 2025 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Subscribe for FREE! Pay if you want--or don't! Podcast The True Three or More Again. Again. Again. The king had a simple instruction from the prophet. He was simply to strike the ground with arrows. The king followed the instruction and struck the ground with the arrows but stopped after three strikes. This angered the prophet and limited the king’s blessing. It is a strange story, and it has direct application...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
June 11, 2025 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Subscribe for FREE! Pay if you want--or don't! Podcast The True All about the Number It is all about the number, but everyone’s number is different. The annual time trials had arrived, and every swimmer was being judged by the number on the clock when they touched the wall at the end of the race. Some got to the wall with smooth beautiful form while others appeared to struggle a great deal. But so long as every...
2 months ago • 7 min read
June 4, 2025 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Subscribe for FREE! Pay if you want--or don't! Podcast The True Betrayed The betrayal was worse than the execution. It had to have been, because it came from the hand and heart of one he deeply loved. You know the story. Judas—now known as Judas Iscariot because of this very story—betrays Jesus in the leadup to the crucifixion of Jesus. It was a betrayal Jesus predicted at the last supper (Matt. 26:21) and one...
2 months ago • 6 min read