Life’s Purpose

These messages focus on what we want to accomplish with our lives and our journey for fulfilling our life’s goals.

    • Two Careers

      Hattie McDougal had begun to worry about her abilities. She was 48 years old and a highly successful business leader. She was the youngest employee to head up a major profit center for her company. Every year, she received the maximum bonus awarded by the Board of...

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    • Our Four Selves – Part 1

      Ginny Thomas was being considered for the head coaching job at one of the nation’s powerhouse schools for women’s basketball. This was a critical hire, and the university had employed a search firm to help them get the right candidate. The search firm talked to former...

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    • Our Four Selves – Part 2

      Andy Moris had recently had a life moment where he began to wonder who he was. He had heard about the Johari Window and decided to try to see if it would help him understand himself. He began by selecting people who knew him well. These included friends, family...

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    • Finding Your Life’s Purpose – Part Three

      What Matters–Finding Your Life’s Purpose–Part Three For George, the call from a colleague from thirty years ago concerned a topic that had become all too familiar in recent years. “My son is really struggling. He doesn’t seem to care about anything. I remember going...

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    • Ageless Wonders

      Othmar Ammann was born in Switzerland in 1879. He was educated as a civil engineer and came to America at the age of 25 to make his mark in bridge design. He was hired by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey one year later. His mentor, Gustav Lindenthal, had...

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    • Stepping Down but Not Stepping Away

      For 40+ years, he had been the spiritual leader in one of the most successful churches in his community. He started his career early when the church he attended was threatened with dissolution. The pastor had announced he was leaving. The national church organization...

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    • If Only I Could

      I’d rather be a sparrow than a snail Yes I would if I could, I surely would I’d rather be a hammer than a nail Yes I would if I only could, I surely would For those of a certain age, those song lyrics may be recognizable. They were written by Paul Simon of the popular...

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    • An Investment of Kindness

      Gus Thompson was born in slavery in Kentucky. As a young man, he and his wife left Kentucky to settle in Coronado, California on the San Diego Bay peninsula. He got a job working in a hotel and was able to buy property and build a house and barn. The year was 1895....

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    • A Reason for Being

      As a new year begins, it’s often a time for reflection on our lives. For some, that reflection may be a quick passing thought. For others, it may involve some deep introspection of where we are and where we A tool for doing that deep introspection thinking is one that...

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    • Two Deaths and Many Lives

      It was perhaps his oldest memory. Years ago, he sat on his grandfather’s bed holding his hand, knowing that his grandfather didn’t have long to live. At the time, he didn’t know what to make of what his grandfather had said to him. What he remembered was something...

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