New Season, Same Approach
As the month of August ends, I always feel like we are starting the fall and yet it is still 85 or 90 degrees outside. Despite the heat, I just get the feeling that it’s just got to get cooler soon and I will get my energy level back. Then, when it cools off it […]
Seasons of Life
Today in 2014, Tracy and I got on the plane to London. It was the last time we would head for the UK for teaching and lectures. I cannot remember having more mixed emotions than today. There was the exhilaration of getting to see new students who are eager to learn accompanied by a passion […]
Humility
While I have broached this subject lightly in the past, I would like to take today’s time to think more specifically about how this comes about in a believer’s mind/heart. Humility is not something that a person is just born with, has or one day obtains. I feel like it is something we learn through […]
The Best of Intentions
This weekend I am enjoying the privilege of being on a board retreat. Having an opportunity to meet and spend time with people who have a similar focus and direction, as well as the desire to see an organization prosper and grow is very fulfilling. However, it is also a time that invokes memories of […]
Slow Down and Smell The Roses
Over the last few decades I have had the opportunity of working with almost every aspect of the Human Resource process. I never gave much thought to the hiring process until I began using psychometric tools to help me see what is often not visible during the interview process. Students are trained to interview, those […]
Unsung Friends
Yesterday we talked about parents who molded and shaped the lives of our Biblical Heroes. Obviously we will have to wait to get the whole story and obtain a sense of what they did that molded and shaped the hearts of their children and prepared them for eternal scrutiny through the scriptures. Oh my goodness, […]
Joachim and Anna
John The Baptist
Today I was thinking about Romans 8:28 which says: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Most of the time this verse comes to mind during times of challenges we face in life – times when things just don’t seem […]
Marriage
Today, I am getting ready to take Tracy to Orlando so she can spend some time in England and Scotland with Matt, Tori and hopefully Elaina. I am excited for her as this is the first time she will really have some time to relax and enjoy the land that has so enamored her thoughts […]
Dawn Coker Derrick
Throughout my almost seventy years, I have met, observed and gotten to know a vast number of people. In the Human Resource and Organizational Development fields, a majority of them are women. One of the most extraordinary of all of those ladies is my niece Dawn. I was around when she was born and have […]