From his column A Minute with Don Having grown up in the Midwest, I was used to the sensation of being stuck in snow. I’ll admit it hadn’t happened in quite a while, but it was not a totally unfamiliar ...

From his column A Minute With Don About a year ago I read a book by Patrick Lencioni titled Three Signs of a Miserable Job. It’s one of those business books written in a narrative, parable format. Lencioni ...

From his column A Minute with Don Recently, while looking for information on the Internet, I found a site from Bath, Maine, featuring pictures of some wonderful historically significant buildings. In ...

From his column A Minute with Don During the late September days of 2009, I went on a hike in the Rocky Mountains. Though hiking alone isn’t what some would choose, it is my occasional preference. On ...

From his column A Minute with Don It is fascinating what you can learn about a person by reading his mail. Many have been enlightened by reading the letters of John Wesley, and, particularly, by those ...

From his column A Minute with Don In a recent edition of this newsletter, Dr. Neil Wiseman had a wonderful article titled “Relinquishment with Grace.” In recent days, I’ve had to go through a relinquishment—one ...

From his colum A Minute with Don It was with great joy that I recently read a letter from the pastor of a local church. That particular congregation, facing unusual challenges in the midst of this economy, ...

From his column A Minute with Don Since becoming a grandparent more than three years ago, I’ve resisted the temptation to bother others with cute stories about my grandkids. While I’m sure your stories ...

From his column A Minute With Don I can still smell the coffee brewing and the fried chicken and potato salads. Meatloaf with onions, scalloped corn casseroles and apple pie complete the bouquet. Those ...

From his column A Minute with Don. My friend, Dan Copp, director of Nazarene Clergy Development, recently reminded me of an interesting phrase in the financial news. I’d heard it before, but Dan’s observation ...

From his column A Minute with DonWe’ve seen some volatility in the markets lately. Fuel prices are moving back down after record highs, and grocery prices seem to be the only thing of value that continue ...

From his column A Minute with DonIf one pays attention, there are valuable lessons to be learned from the events that happen around us regularly and which often go unnoticed. In the past I’ve written about ...

From his column A Minute with Don Apparently, as inflation threatens again, we are going to see more stories about getting rid of the penny. Such stories usually argue that since you can’t get anything ...

From his column A Minute with DonI'm being reminded again that being in community is hard work. It can also be expensive. Community can mean many things. In the Church, we understand it as those spiritual ...

From his column A Minute with Don I saw the accompanying cartoon in the newspaper recently. Coincidently, I was reading it in a hospital waiting room while a member of my family was having surgery. ...

From his column A Minute with DonI recently had the chance to hear Dr. Lowell Catlett, dean of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics, New Mexico State University. Dr. Catlett is an economist and ...

From his column A Minute with Don Perspective matters. Nearly everyone has had an experience when something appeared to be one thing, and upon further inspection, proved to be something else. Perhaps ...

From his column A Minute with Don As I prepare to write this article, it is in the context of the heart-wrenching scenes of a bridge collapse in Minnesota. My response could best be described by the ...

From his column A Minute With Don “I did exactly what I wanted to do.” Thus, went the confession of the gentleman standing before me. With tears in his eyes he added, “I wouldn’t change a thing.” A ...

From his column A Minute with Don There it was. Even after I did the double take, it didn't change. I hadn't misread the page in front of me. In their recent 2007 Career Guide issue, U.S. News was, in ...

From his column A Minute with Don Over the years, as I've had opportunities to talk with a number of pastors, I've been interested to hear various retirement funding strategies. One particular method that ...

From his column A Minute with Don I drove by it nearly every day for over a month. Still, every time I saw it, I couldn’t help but smile. It certainly put things in perspective. “It” was a sign in front ...