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Drought ending rain … amenity ending rain … Darfur still a bigger deal …

Pic0064_2"Rain, rain, go away, come again another day." For better than three years we would never utter this grade school mantra. We would gladly suffer from a lack of outdoor exercise to see if we could get enough rain to end the drought. Well, more than ten inches of … Continue reading

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Confusing conversations … when anecdotes don’t communicate …

WhatdidyousayConversations trouble me. It is not that I do not like conversations. In fact most who know me would scratch their heads at the opening sentence. My wife would say I talk too much. Our worlds of words often seem more a jungle than an open plain. We who … Continue reading

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One Village Coffee … Giving Back …

Onevillagecoffee_2Great News! The One Village Coffee website is now live. I have waited to blog this until Todd finished the project.

I met Scott this past semester at Biblical Seminary. We learned a bit of his story and how the dream of helping create sustainability in communities where … Continue reading

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Afraid you might not follow the link …

I am afraid some who stop by may not click through to the link to John Frye’s hosting of Dan’s thoughts. So, at the risk of offending some and hopefully stirring more I copied the text and make it available here. Should it inspire you to read more, … Continue reading

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Reading …

My friend Mark made a reference to Jim Collins’ monograph, Good to Great and the Social Sectors: Why Business Thinking is Not the Answer. Right on the front of the little red cover the reader learns the basis for his evaluation lies in his book, Good to GreatContinue reading

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