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Listen to the commentary Dear Marketplace Friend, Football is back in action. Baseball is getting ready to do the wrap-up. Jets fans are worried about the fate of Aaron Rodgers; Angels fans are gazing into the future wondering if they’ll have Shohei Ohtani back on the mound. Athletes and contests offer a welcome distraction from

Listen to the commentary Dear Marketplace Friend, “Say it ain’t so, Joe!” That line came into our cultural history 104 years ago. “Shoeless Joe” Jackson was a left-fielder with the Chicago White Sox who played in the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. After the series, charges were made that eight of the Sox

Listen to the commentary Dear Marketplace Friend, I hope you’re enjoying some time for yourself today – with your family and friends – as the last gasps of Summer are enjoyed doing something that refreshes your body and your soul. Are you going back to work tomorrow? “Summer break” is no longer a big deal for people who have clocked-out forever (the classic American

Listen to the commentary   It has become a tradition for American presidents to write a personal note to their successor, and to leave that note on the Resolute Desk – in the Oval Office – for them to read as they move into their new digs. I wonder: what would it be like to

Listen to the commentary   It’s an innocuous question, asked with the most quizzical simplicity: “So, what are you doing now?” For decades, I had earned a reputation for being meaningfully engaged in leading The Master’s Program in a coast-to-coast neighborhood of leaders, intent on seeing them unleashed into their unique Kingdom assignments. My mantle

Listen to the commentary Here’s a somber reality that you’ve probably confronted at some time in your believing past: is what you’re reading right now – in the Bible – a source of comfort? or, conviction? There’s a passage in Matthew’s gospel that can sometimes cause pause: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will