During 1939, as the world burned, America reduced her army from 156,000 to 49,000 men.
Twenty years after “the war to end all wars,” the United States fielded only the thirteenth largest army in the world.
It was larger than that of Portugal but smaller than the fighting force of Bulgaria. Meanwhile, the Japanese Imperial [...]

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I’m writing from Sydney, Australia where I just finished eight days of teaching and am anxious to get home tomorrow.
Had a great time with some very nice people but one thing caught my attention—I was described as “A much older man.” Truth is, “I am,” or at least I’m in the process.
One of my friends [...]

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Our staff is in the middle of performance reviews. We do them quarterly. And they are great.
Yesterday I was able to applaud great performance in one review. Provide support to someone badly in need of it in another. And, perhaps best of all, we were able to get four people together and untangle a string [...]

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Yesterday, I attended a meeting held by our mayor, just for pastors.
Yes, Henry, you read that right–the mayor held a meeting for pastors. In fact, he’s held several such meetings during his first four years in office.
He even hosts annual “kick off the new year” prayer meetings (on his own time and never on city [...]

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A month ago I arrived in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia just in time to witness the first anti-government riots since Mongolia’s revolution against China a century earlier.
 
Bright sun partnered with a soft breeze to provide a perfect day for introducing my friends to a dose of Mongolian Culture. As always, the stark beauty of the place delighted [...]

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