Growing up, I heard a lot of talk about duty, obedience, and judgment. It took me into my sixties to fully “get” one of the main points of the gospel… the atonement of Christ. With so much talk of obedience, somehow, I had missed Christ. Over the last years, we…
I went to work for company A. They changed owners, had a bunch of layoffs, and I lost my job. Then I went to work for company B. They changed owners, and the entire company was shut down. Then I went to work for company C. They changed owners and…
In March 2021, I was approached by a recruiter for an open Chief Financial Officer position. We made an appointment to speak later that night. Normally, when you talk to a headhunter, they give you ten, maybe fifteen minutes of their time to sell yourself. Then they present your resume…
Job changes have been one of the biggest challenges of my life. I’ve worked at several crazy private equity turnovers. I’ve worked at nine companies over twenty years, with many periods of unemployment; the longest job loss period was a year. During a couple of those unemployment periods, I had…
I’m actually writing about meditation. This is something I would have never mentioned years ago. But meditation was a big part of my healing process. God led me to meditation to mend. This is how I began. One of the first impressions I got after my “I will heal you”…
After nine different jobs over fifteen years, after seven periods of unemployment, after working at four crazy, chaotic Private Equity takeovers, after earning a CPA in my forties, I had finally hit my ultimate career goal in 2018. I was a Chief Financial Officer. And I was not happy. And…
The Sunday before Christmas in 2009, I was at church, getting mentally prepared to conduct our congregation’s Christmas program. It’s a lot of work to pull this together because we have a children’s choir, adult choir, narrator, piano, organ, flute, violin, cello, and string bass. Even with all the work,…
Carrie and I were married in July 1978. We were young, poor, struggling college students with about six years of college ahead of us. Our very first car was a green, Ford Pinto. Except for the green color, I loved that car. It was fun to drive. That first Thanksgiving,…
I was mowing the lawn while two of my grandkids were playing in the street. My six-year-old grandson was riding his scooter, and his teenage sister was riding her longboard. As I was finishing the front lawn, I had the leaf blower in my hand. I looked at the leaf…
Wow! Songs in the Key of Grace has arrived. Welcome! I have so many feelings that range from excited to scared to intimidated by other sites that are so much more with millions of followers and hundreds of songs. Mine feels like it is not enough. The site has launched…
This is the code that I try to live by. These are the principles that I have learned and that I am still learning. This is aspirational and I am not perfect. I continue to modify this based on lessons learned through my journey. The first part defines my destiny,…
Growing up, I heard a lot of talk about duty, obedience, and judgment. It took me into my sixties to fully “get” one of the main points of the gospel… the atonement of Christ. With so much talk of obedience,…
I went to work for company A. They changed owners, had a bunch of layoffs, and I lost my job. Then I went to work for company B. They changed owners, and the entire company was shut down. Then I…
Job changes have been one of the biggest challenges of my life. I’ve worked at several crazy private equity turnovers. I’ve worked at nine companies over twenty years, with many periods of unemployment; the longest job loss period was a…
I’m actually writing about meditation. This is something I would have never mentioned years ago. But meditation was a big part of my healing process. God led me to meditation to mend. This is how I began. One of the…
After nine different jobs over fifteen years, after seven periods of unemployment, after working at four crazy, chaotic Private Equity takeovers, after earning a CPA in my forties, I had finally hit my ultimate career goal in 2018. I was…
The Sunday before Christmas in 2009, I was at church, getting mentally prepared to conduct our congregation’s Christmas program. It’s a lot of work to pull this together because we have a children’s choir, adult choir, narrator, piano, organ, flute,…
Carrie and I were married in July 1978. We were young, poor, struggling college students with about six years of college ahead of us. Our very first car was a green, Ford Pinto. Except for the green color, I loved…
I was mowing the lawn while two of my grandkids were playing in the street. My six-year-old grandson was riding his scooter, and his teenage sister was riding her longboard. As I was finishing the front lawn, I had the…
Wow! Songs in the Key of Grace has arrived. Welcome! I have so many feelings that range from excited to scared to intimidated by other sites that are so much more with millions of followers and hundreds of songs. Mine…
This is the code that I try to live by. These are the principles that I have learned and that I am still learning. This is aspirational and I am not perfect. I continue to modify this based on lessons…
