
Can you hear it?
Can you hear it? Like you, I’m immersed in Christmas. My station – “The Message,” on SiriusXM – has been playing only Christmas music since Thanksgiving. For the last month, I’ve heard Bing Crosby’s voice more than I’ve heard Cheri’s. Right now, I have my Christmas ’25 most-repeated tune playing. In fact, I’ve likely played

Are you ready for the finish?
Not much left of 2025, is there? We’re both pressed – you and I – to make some pretty big things happen between now and the time the crowd cheers the end of ’25 and the start of ’26. How can we finish this big year in a way that makes it a truly Big

Opt out? Or, all in?
I think I’m going to consider the unthinkable: I might be changing my email address(es). The reason? Giving Tuesday. What happened? In football, the rule violation is called “piling on;” it penalizes the offending team 15 yards of high-value territory. Here’s what they’re looking for: “…jumping on a ball carrier who has already been downed,

What day is it?
Are you feeling it? You’re not on the clock right now: you’re on the calendar. You’ve been off for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and (mostly) focused on your life apart from your work. The press of minutes and hours is waiting for you as you re-start, but you’re still caught in the maze of days.

What’s on your menu?
I mean, come on: there’s nothing you do more regularly than eat. You may engage twice a day; you may engorge three times a day. On high-discipline, lose-a-few occasions you may dial that back to one meal a day to lose a pound or two. Every year, you’ll have hundreds of meals – some alone,

Should we just keep it to ourselves?
I’m thankful for a lot of things; some are obvious – like Cheri’s willingness to go for 54+ years of marriage with a knucklehead, and my God-given victory over leukemia, and an amazing downline of kids/grands who are honoring God with their lives – but others are less so. Here’s one: I was never notable