We've all known some. Maybe we've even been one, at one time or another? Fair-weather fans. The ones who are all gung-ho... as long as their team is winning. Who are all-too-quick to jump ship and/or change allegiances when the going gets tough. No one wants to be identified with losers... right? Is that why...
It wasn't that people didn't like their pot. They just didn't like their morals. They were too... ... goody-two-shoes. Not today's pot, legalized in thirty states and the District of Columbia. A different kind of pot. In a far different place. Time travel back to the third century. The pot-makers were two sisters in Seville, Spain....
This blog's title is one of the many slogans of the company I'm highlighting today. Can you guess who it is? Maybe this slogan will help: 100% pure squeezed sunshine. Got it? Give up? It's Tropicana Products, Inc. Yes, the orange juice giant. http://www.sloganspoint.com/company/tropicana/ Tropicana has been in the orange juice business for over 70 years,...
... the Teacher of teachers appears. This book had been in my reading stack for seven months, Lord. In January, You had prompted a dear friend to send it to me. More than a friend... a Forever Brother. The Caleb Years. By David Ingerson. I could immediately tell I would treasure this book. In the same way...
Much wisdom has often been packed into "truisms." Like this one: Easy Come, Easy Go. I can relate to the second part. The 2008 Dot Com debacle comes immediately to mind. :( But what I lost when that bubble burst -- a significant chunk of lifetime savings -- had never come easily. So I relate much...
Six months in jail + $2,500 in fines + three years of probation... for each day there is a violation. What would you do, if faced with this threat? Joanna Duka and Breanna Koski -- owners of Brush & Nib Studio in Phoenix, Arizona -- face these threats. Because their upscale hand-painting, hand-lettering, calligraphy company...
Mary Kay Cosmetics operates in more than 40 markets on five continents. With $4 billion in annual sales, through 3.5 million Independent Beauty Consultants. https://newsroom.marykay.com/en/releases/mary-kay-inc-to-construct-new-global-manufacturing-and-r-d-operations-in-north-texas Mary Kay Ash, founder and leader of this economic powerhouse, didn't set out to become a trailblazer for women. Perhaps it was her destiny? Mary Kay's dad was afflicted with...
He wasn't a huge bear... was he, Lord? Big enough to keep me safely inside, to be sure. Not big enough to get The Treasure he clearly desired. But his size was never the point... was it, Lord? For what You wanted to teach me, any size would do. The Treasure -- aromatic sunflower seeds...
Power is defined as "the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others in the course of events." https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&type=C211US105D20151216&p=definition+of+power How is power exercised in businesses and/or other organizations? Usually strategically. And with intentionality. Most often as a means. Sometimes, as an end. In a recent article on the web-based news source, Chron,...
On Monday, I showcased prolific Christian writer Frank Peretti. https://championsofdestiny.com/darkness-be-gone-light-is-here/ What I didn't expect to find (on his Facebook page) was his September 2016 letter to the Washington State Attorney General. Urging him to reconsider his legal case against florist Barronelle Stutzman. The florist whose case I showcased here on May 30, 2018 and June...
