Many years ago, my older daughter walked into the bedroom to ask an honest question about meal preparation. “Mom,” she said, “What should I use to serenade the chicken?” I couldn’t resist. I suggested, “Hey, good lookin’ whatcha got cookin’?” I know, I’m a wise guy. After we had pointed out that the word is … Continue reading We are raising adults, not children
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It was a 5th century beauty pageant, plain and simple. As far as we know, there was no talent involved in the competition. There was also no interview portion, sadly, because that would have given the young women an opportunity to talk about world peace or maybe world domination, since that was the order of … Continue reading God doesn’t make junk
A highly paid consultant in a management seminar was listing the qualifications that should be found in a leader. One listener turned to Paul’s description of church leaders in the scriptures and pointed out to the consultant that they were paying an awful lot of money to hear from him what they could have gotten … Continue reading This is Leadership 101
John Feinstein wrote an article for The Washington Post a few days after Dean Smith's 83rd birthday, and one story he told stood out to me above the rest. When Smith arrived in Chapel Hill in 1958 to serve as an assistant coach at UNC under Frank McGuire, he was appalled to learn that … Continue reading Dean Smith: “just do what’s right”
J. Mark Fox 