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DECEMBER 27, 1999 Resolution If “New Year’s Resolutions” are as traditional as blinking colored lights on the eves at Christmas time, or eggnog on Christmas Eve, or an angel hovering over the top of the Tree, or a rousing rendition of “Auld Lang Syne” at the stroke of Midnight, then this will be the Mother of All Resolution Seasons.

DECEMBER 20, 1999   Servant Leadership Sounds like simple common sense. It made One Minute Manager Kenneth Blanchard a gazillionaire.

DECEMBER 13, 1999 Paradigm Shift Up until this week, I served on the board of directors of a non-profit corporation. The phone rang on Tuesday. Our chairman resigned. Our President resigned. I resigned. Boom. Paradigm shift.

DECEMBER 6, 1999 Jesus in My Mailbox Jesus appeared my mailbox twice this month. Once in the form of a videotape. The other on the cover of TIME Magazine.

NOVEMBER 29, 1999 A Noble Profession Teaching is often called a "noble profession." I believe it is. Roberta Guaspari was a reluctant single mom, a miserable daughter, a distracted employee and a musical virtuoso.

NOVEMBER 22, 1999 Character and Communication Judge Kenneth Starr has been making the rounds. He asked MSNBC's anchorman, "Brian (Williams), isn't it interesting that just a moment ago your reporter so powerfully illustrated the point that all of us depend on the character of those who take responsibility in leadership?"

NOVEMBER 15, 1999 Sixty Years Sometimes I feel like Forrest Gump. If his momma said "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know which one you're gunna get," then last night I got one my favorites - a Sees milk chocolate almond caramel.

NOVEMBER 8, 1999 Public Service Somehow, I got myself appointed chairman of the "Nut Brigade." Ever seen those guys out there with the yellow vest, a red flag and a walkie-talkie? Parking lot manager. That would be me.

NOVEMBER 1, 1999   The Ten and the Two Africa is not the lost continent any more. It is alive. Vibrant. Full of promise. It is diverse. Some fifty nations and over six hundred ethnic groups make the globe's second largest continent. The Internet puts the seven hundred million people of Africa right next door.

OCTOBER 25, 1999 The End is Near (sixty-eight days and counting) Confession: I've never really shared the conviction that the world will end soon. Even though I know it just may. When Hal Lindsay wrote his runaway smash best seller The Late Great Planet Earth in the early nineteen seventies - I tended to think that the staggering sales figures were driven more by a national pessimism than biblical realities (though Rev. Lindsay was convinced that his Bible and his newspaper predicted a certain global collapse - in the near term). That was almost thirty years ago.

OCTOBER 18, 1999 Percussion and Permission Not many have even heard of Pauma Valley. But read on and soon you will. A well kept secret is out. To get there is inconvenient. Generally, we don't like inconvenience. We like "Freeway Close." Quick on and off. In and out. Easy access. Drive-through. Roll down the window - do your business - outta here. This place is way on the other end of that whole cultural spectrum.

OCTOBER 11, 1999 Organized Religion This one I did not anticipate. "Organized Religion" – in the news. The topic of countless talk shows. TV and Radio. All thanks to the colorful Governor of Minnesota.

OCTOBER 4, 1999 Discipline and Courtesy You won't believe this. I went to school so long ago that one of my required undergraduate courses was a class in etiquette. Etiquette. Imagine that. At the time, we were embarrassed.

SEPTEMBER 27, 1999 Sputnik Homer Hickum, Jr. retired in February 1998 after 20 years as a NASA rocket engineer in California. From that vantage point Coalwood, Virginia was about as far away as a Saturn V space shot. But it was home. One starry starry night back in Coalwood at age 14, Homer spotted it. He would never be the same.

SEPTEMBER 20, 1999 Hyperbole and Passion Oil baron Sid Richardson believed that America was in serious trouble. It was 1952. Communism threatened the victory won in a world war. Nuclear bombs were poised and capable of reaching targets half way around the globe. The doomsday scenario was real. The obliteration of every major city on the North American continent was a distinct possibility.

SEPTEMBER 13, 1999   Virtual Reality and Reality As I stepped out of the shower (now there’s a word picture) the reporter caught my attention. It was MSNBC’s Internet Correspondent, Lisa Napoli, – enthusiastic about yet another magical breakthrough in internet technology. The live video cam.

SEPTEMBER 6, 1999 INAUGURAL ISSUE
When God is GOD
Every Friday I meet with a buddy of mine at 6:00AM.. The primary reason we started this little routine is pretty simple. Just eight months ago, Christmas 1998, we both plumped out and hit all-time highs in the category of sheer body weight – blowing the dial on the bathroom scale meter into a reverse death spiral.

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DECEMBER 27, 1999	Resolution	If “New Year’s Resolutions” are as traditional as blinking colored lights on the eves at Christmas time, or eggnog on Christmas Eve, or an angel hovering over the top of the Tree, or a rousing rendition of “Auld Lang Syne” at the stroke of Midnight, then this will be the Mother of All Resolution Seasons.
DECEMBER 20, 1999	Servant Leadership	Sounds like simple common sense. It made One Minute Manager Kenneth Blanchard a gazillionaire.
DECEMBER 13, 1999	Paradigm Shift	Up until this week, I served on the board of directors of a non-profit corporation. The phone rang on Tuesday. Our chairman resigned. Our President resigned. I resigned. Boom. Paradigm shift.
DECEMBER 6, 1999	Jesus in My Mailbox	Jesus appeared my mailbox twice this month. Once in the form of a videotape. The other on the cover of TIME Magazine.
NOVEMBER 29, 1999	A Noble Profession	Teaching is often called a "noble profession." I believe it is. Roberta Guaspari was a reluctant single mom, a miserable daughter, a distracted employee and a musical virtuoso.
NOVEMBER 22, 1999	Character and Communication	Judge Kenneth Starr has been making the rounds. He asked MSNBC's anchorman, "Brian (Williams), isn't it interesting that just a moment ago your reporter so powerfully illustrated the point that all of us depend on the character of those who take responsibility in leadership?"
NOVEMBER 15, 1999	Sixty Years	Sometimes I feel like Forrest Gump. If his momma said "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know which one you're gunna get," then last night I got one my favorites - a Sees milk chocolate almond caramel.
NOVEMBER 8, 1999	Public Service	Somehow, I got myself appointed chairman of the "Nut Brigade." Ever seen those guys out there with the yellow vest, a red flag and a walkie-talkie? Parking lot manager. That would be me.
NOVEMBER 1, 1999	The Ten and the Two	Africa is not the lost continent any more. It is alive. Vibrant. Full of promise. It is diverse. Some fifty nations and over six hundred ethnic groups make the globe's second largest continent. The Internet puts the seven hundred million people of Africa right next door.
OCTOBER 25, 1999	The End is Near (sixty-eight days and counting)	Confession: I've never really shared the conviction that the world will end soon. Even though I know it just may. When Hal Lindsay wrote his runaway smash best seller The Late Great Planet Earth in the early nineteen seventies - I tended to think that the staggering sales figures were driven more by a national pessimism than biblical realities (though Rev. Lindsay was convinced that his Bible and his newspaper predicted a certain global collapse - in the near term). That was almost thirty years ago.
OCTOBER 18, 1999	Percussion and Permission	Not many have even heard of Pauma Valley. But read on and soon you will. A well kept secret is out. To get there is inconvenient. Generally, we don't like inconvenience. We like "Freeway Close." Quick on and off. In and out. Easy access. Drive-through. Roll down the window - do your business - outta here. This place is way on the other end of that whole cultural spectrum.
OCTOBER 11, 1999	Organized Religion	This one I did not anticipate. "Organized Religion" – in the news. The topic of countless talk shows. TV and Radio. All thanks to the colorful Governor of Minnesota.
OCTOBER 4, 1999	Discipline and Courtesy	You won't believe this. I went to school so long ago that one of my required undergraduate courses was a class in etiquette. Etiquette. Imagine that. At the time, we were embarrassed.
SEPTEMBER 27, 1999	Sputnik	Homer Hickum, Jr. retired in February 1998 after 20 years as a NASA rocket engineer in California. From that vantage point Coalwood, Virginia was about as far away as a Saturn V space shot. But it was home. One starry starry night back in Coalwood at age 14, Homer spotted it. He would never be the same.
SEPTEMBER 20, 1999	Hyperbole and Passion	Oil baron Sid Richardson believed that America was in serious trouble. It was 1952. Communism threatened the victory won in a world war. Nuclear bombs were poised and capable of reaching targets half way around the globe. The doomsday scenario was real. The obliteration of every major city on the North American continent was a distinct possibility.
SEPTEMBER 13, 1999	Virtual Reality and Reality	As I stepped out of the shower (now there’s a word picture) the reporter caught my attention. It was MSNBC’s Internet Correspondent, Lisa Napoli, – enthusiastic about yet another magical breakthrough in internet technology. The live video cam.
SEPTEMBER 6, 1999	INAUGURAL ISSUE When God is GOD	Every Friday I meet with a buddy of mine at 6:00AM.. The primary reason we started this little routine is pretty simple. Just eight months ago, Christmas 1998, we both plumped out and hit all-time highs in the category of sheer body weight – blowing the dial on the bathroom scale meter into a reverse death spiral.