Lessons with Bill

We use the word “calling” to refer to our destiny in life, our “sweet spot,” “our highest and best use.” I sometimes…

Do you remember the high school graduation of your children? I remember the sweetness of my first daughter and her birth. I…

A 6am flight means a 330 wake up call, out the door at 4, drop off the rental car.  A 6am flight…

The blog below is from a few years ago but worth repeating. Give away your passion?  No, this is not a blog…

My sons bagged groceries at the local grocery store during high school.  The experience taught them to work with a variety of…

Why be generous?

How do the best leaders sometimes make a mess of their family? David was the second king in the history of Israel….

It’s Monday at Panera, and this scene is being repeated 1,000 times over across the country. People—some of them in a hurry,…

Okay, okay, what kind of person wishes death at Christmas? I’m not some kind of gianormous Scrooge either. Let me explain. Thirty-seven…

What is the cost of Christmas? According to a Gallup Poll, Americans are expected to spend $712 million on Christmas this year….

My dad was a blue collar guy. He grew up in the Ozarks—deep in the Ozarks. It was “Deliverance” kind of stuff….

heard Gary talk about it. He wrote it in his Bible—the number of days before his daughter graduated from high school. He…