Be Clothed in Humility
Posted in Leadership on 5 November 2008

It is my upbringing, but somehow it always seemed to me that taking the servants entrance was the best way to enter a person’s life. One of the houses where I lived as a young boy growing up in England had such a servant’s entrance around the back of the house. Entrance to the front [...]

Bring Plenty of Soap
Posted in Justice on 3 November 2008

The market was dirty and disorganized. Flies landed at will on the dried fish we were about to purchase. The fish are expensive this time of the year since it is not the season for the boats to go out on Lake Kariba. The lake acts as a border between two [...]

What’s an Old Sea Dog Anyway?
Posted in Leadership on 29 September 2008

If you have ever owned or spent much time around sailboats, you will know they are a lot of maintenance. From my office window there is a view of several large sailboats capable of handling any ocean. They however, spend most of the time tied up to the dock. A heavy storm passed through recently [...]

Rehearsal as Leader
Posted in Soul on 14 August 2008

We were at 13,000 feet trying to make it to the 14,500 foot summit and only one of the three guides that began the climb was fit to continue. This was by far my most dangerous and difficult climb that I had ever undertaken and I was glad to have several experienced men to take [...]