Thankful -- for the Little Things
Thanksgiving season provides an occasion for us to celebrate the people and circumstances that make us grateful for our lives. These things are what I would call the “big things” in life, the...
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Leadership Today
By Bill Long on November 7, 2018
Beginning in the 1970s, three powerful and somewhat contrasting theories of leadership entered American life. They all have eager proponents today. Almost all articles you read or talks you hear on...
Faith and Family Business: Discovering Your Prize Employee – In Prison
By Bill Long on October 18, 2018
When the Patriarch Joseph was thrown into prison in Egypt, he must have wondered if things could get much worse. He had already suffered the indignities of fraternal rejection and being sold for the...
Faith and Family Business: If Only They Had a Policy...
By Bill Long on August 20, 2018
“The Voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau,” Gen 27:22 As I rediscover some of the powerful family stories in the Book of Genesis, I was recently drawn to the blatant act...
A Difficult Gift, Part II
By Bill Long on January 18, 2018
A Difficult Gift, Part II By Dr. Bill Long Last December I wrote about some unexpected developments in my family as a result of my mother’s final illness. Her decline enabled the four sons to...
A Difficult Gift
By Bill Long on January 4, 2018
A Difficult Gift By Dr. Bill Long My three brothers and I made the decision to move our 88 year-old mother to Assisted Living and then, to Memory Care. Though the decision was taken after due...
Faith and Family Business: Guarding Your Tongue, Saving Your Life
By Bill Long on October 6, 2017
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