It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Won’t you be my neighbor? Mister Rogers visited Tatiana Vedeneeva's Soviet children's show in 1988. Published March 4, 1988. (Post-Gazette Archives) The late, great Fred Rogers treated everyone like a neighbor. When Mister Rogers extended the invitation, “Won’t you be my neighbor?” he was genuinely humanizing each ofContinue reading "Happy 143 Day!"

How has the human raced evolved, or perhaps more accurately devolved, into creatures that can't sit still at a stoplight for one minute without checking their smartphone? Every time I'm stopped, I look around at other drivers to take notice. It makes me so sad to see so many with that addiction. More than likely,Continue reading "The Good Neighbor"

In daily spiritual battles, there is a special breed of athlete ready to answer God’s call. An ordinary human with an extraordinary desire to do God’s will. Forged by adversity, they stand alongside Jesus’ finest disciples to serve the Holy Spirit and usher in God’s Kingdom on earth. I am that athlete. My Tetrahedron isContinue reading "The MindWolves Creed"

One of my mentors, Seth Godin, said this on a recent blog titled, Compared to what? Image courtesy of Glory in the End Zone - Catherine Nelson (catherinemoorenelson.com) Organized sports, particularly for school-age kids, present a real challenge. The results are easily measured and are on just one axis. Points scored. Winning vs. losing. IfContinue reading "Win Humble"

Have you ever had a problem that appears to have no solution? Has your heart hurt for healing and burned in hope for a rescue? What's the key to seeing an opportunity for good in all the mess and chaos? How can someone look at what everybody else looks at, but sees what nobody elseContinue reading "Heartbreak Into Victory"

I've always been different. My entire life, it seems like I have been placed into situations and environments where I didn't fit in. I've always wondered why. Why do I always feel like the anomaly? It would be so much easier to simply fit in with the crowd, to row with the current, not againstContinue reading "Not On My Watch"

Are you a conduit or cul-de-sac for truth? Are you a pipeline that allows truth to pass through, or does truth reach a dead end with you? Here are four traits upon which to reflect: Pride vs. Humility Do you look out on the family you have, the career you have, the reputation and influenceContinue reading "Conduits, Not Cul-De-Sacs"

Our best-laid plans won’t survive the first contact with reality. When life punches us in the gut, our actions will default to the level of our training. We need an action system to prevent us from freezing and to keep us moving when adversity strikes. How do you train to take life's punches? Do youContinue reading "God’s PPP Loan"

The happiest people in the world are not those who spend and buy for themselves, but those who spend and give for the good of others. Pursuing happiness in this way, however, is countercultural in a world of buyers, spenders, and savers. Genuine happiness, a.k.a. pure joy, is when happy people give and serve othersContinue reading "Looking for Joy in All the Wrong Places"