Championing Religious Liberty

Live… and Let Die?

I am filled with questions. Questions without easy answers. I have learned a lot as I have explored the topic of religious liberty for the last eight months. It's natural that I would have a heart for the marketplace, having worked since I was a teenager. And having served at every corporate level. Frontline worker....
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A Jackpot Worth Sharing!

Sometimes what happens in Vegas can't stay there. Because the whole world needs to hear about it! Enter Lowell "Bud" Paxson. From DJ to small radio station owner. One of his advertisers, short on cash, paid his invoice with 118 electric can openers. Though "rich" in product, Bud couldn't make payroll the next day. His desperate...
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When No One’s Watching… Wow!

The Lord just used a dear friend to provide today's post. Through a Facebook message he forwarded to me. Written 18 months ago, describing what was (for the post's writer) a once-in-a-lifetime experience. But I bet the same thing happens every day. Because the event described is evidence that the real Owner of the company...
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This Is My Stop. Let Me Off Now!

Discover Annapolis Tours, a fixture in Maryland's capital since 1984, was famous for trolley weddings and tours of Annapolis. Making Annapolis a wedding destination city. Until January 1, 2013. Enter the Civil Marriage Protection Act. Approved by 52.4% of voters in a statewide referendum on November 6, 2012. Hailed by gay activists as a watershed...
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Can You Hear Me Now? (God Calling!)

What does it take to become one of the most powerful women in technology? And the most powerful woman in wireless? Just ask Cher Wang. Co-founder and Acting-Chairman of integrated chipset maker VIA Technologies (1987)... and subsequently, co-founder and Chairman of HTC (High Technology Company), Taiwanese consumer electronics giant (1997). At its zenith, HTC was...
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Are OUR Crutches Obsolete, Too?

How is Kingdom POWER mobilized, in the marketplace or anywhere else? What innovative approaches are required in today's culture of compromise? What can we decipher from this real-life encounter... ? Two disciples were telling people about Jesus. Not His principles to live by or even His good works. But His most defining moment: His resurrection...
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From Toddlers… to Titans!

Most of us have little chance of meeting the Business Titan I highlight today. On Earth, at least. Not that he would consider himself superior. It's just the nature of the different calls the Lord has for each of us... Amen? "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works which...
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Civil Discourse? Or Civil War?

On Wednesday, I wrote about the increasingly ferocious rhetoric that characterizes much of our political discourse today. I couldn't help but pose these troubling questions: What kind of rhetoric (and the response it provokes) leads people from polite disagreement to empassioned persecution of those with whom we disagree? How does it start? Where does it...
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If Only We Could Remember… Kindergarten?

Do any of us remember what we were taught in kindergarten? Young parents at least know what their children are being taught now. If they're paying attention, that is. Maybe some of it is more rattling than reassuring... ?! Fifteen years ago, Robert Fulghum turned a simple concept into a national bestseller: All I Really Need...
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One HOPE Bouquet, Please!

Did you know different flowers actually have meanings? Yellow Daffodils symbolize Hope and Rebirth.  https://www.ehow.com/list_7477456_flowers-mean-hope.html Could I please order a whole bouquet of them today?!   :) Nineteen days ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on behalf of Jack Phillips, the Colorado baker. Overturning the decision of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which found Jack guilty...
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