Listen to the commentary   Dear Marketplace Friend, In just a decade, Chip and Joanna Gaines have become heroes of the home reno genre. In small-town Waco – current population 144,000 – they created a template for a one-hour reality program that depicts the transformation of tired houses to treasured homes, on behalf of clients […]

Dear Friend of Master’s, No entrepreneur in the marketplace succeeds without the need to make calculated decisions at moments of catastrophic risk along the way. No risk: no reward; no exceptions. Has that been your experience?  In the last quarter of 2003 – now 20 years back – the Death Angel was hovering over The

Listen to the commentary Dear Marketplace Friend, It might be time for some tough reckoning. This may not be – for you – a match made in Heaven. Maybe you’ve been deliriously happy in the relationship, and this quick check-in will only confirm your good fortune. Or, it may reveal the denial that you’ve been

Dear Friend of Master’s, For the next four Thursdays, I’m going to send you an end-of-year challenge, based on our unique shared status as high-capacity leaders who are citizens of the Eternal Kingdom. Quick reads; I promise. For three decades, I’ve been helping leaders like you to navigate the headwinds that are working against you

Listen to the commentary Dear Marketplace Friend, Last week, the consumer-driven society shifted after the Dinner of the Year finished on Thursday. The left-overs conundrum – do you recreate the original plate from yesterday, or recycle the turkey as sandwiches? – paled into the insignificance as society rearmed for the holiday never endorsed by Congress

Listen to the commentary Dear Marketplace Friend, SLATE is a liberal-leaning web news outlet that moves from shock to shut-down when exposed to anything aligned with biblical faith. In their early attacks on Mike Johnson – now the Speaker of the House and fourth-in-line to the White House throne – his commitment to his marriage

Listen to the commentary Dear Marketplace Friend, Last week, I fired a salvo at the modern cultural-mainstream bent on deconstructing civilization built on the foundation of biblical truth. According to a just-released study by the Pew Research Center, “Americans are more pessimistic than optimistic about the institution of marriage and the family… Few Americans say

Listen to the commentary It’s been just over a month since the attack on Israel by Hamas.  We are continuing to follow the events that are happening in this conflict.  This moment allows Christ’s love to be poured out and many to consider Him the answer. Our friend and TMP Member, Tom Doyle, President and Founder of Uncharted

Listen to the commentary Dear Marketplace Friend, Allow me to grab your attention for a five minute read – or, listen – as I pull you away from war news in Israel and Ukraine and political battles in the Beltway. I promise: it’s worth your time. Staying up-to-date with international intrigue and tragic trauma puts

Listen to the commentary Dear Marketplace Friend, It’s one of the most memorable cultural phrases from a Supreme Court decision. In 1964, Justice Potter Steward – in Jacobellis v Ohio – explained the definition of pornography: “I know it when I see it.”  What are the essential differences between the First World and the Third?