Centered Life

The Joseph Company is a gathering of small businessmen and entrepreneurs.
The name is taken from the story of Joseph as told in the Bible, Genesis 37:1 through Genesis 50:26. God used Joseph to save Israel and all of the known world at that time.
This audio message was given to the group that gathered today.

It is hard to watch the daily headlong plunge into the abyss of irresponsibility and self-delusion.
All for a vain hope of circumventing the pain of our choices!
The elites (bureaucrats, edu-crats, and media monopolies) consider themselves creatures of greater enlightenment and higher evolution, above the fray. Their insanity is being swallowed by the mob. Their arrogance [...]

Here’s a thought. We need to pursue the idea that we can “peel the onion” of our belief systems to clasify the core.
As a stone in the pond produces a diminishing strength of ripples, so also, our beliefs produce ripples that radiate out from our core of absolutes. We do what we believe! These absolutes [...]

There seems to be a lot of people setting themselves on “higher moral ground” withouth having to pay the price. Defined by Theodore Dalrymple as “False Apology Syndrome”, many apologize for the failure of others at no cost to themselves. There is a big difference between shame and guilt!
One of the key self-flagellating topics of the [...]

An old pioneer traveled westward across the great plains until he came to an abrupt halt at the edge of the Grand Canyon. He gawked at the sight before him: a vast chasm one mile down, eighteen miles across, and more than a hundred miles long!
He gasped, “Somethin musta happened here!”
A visitor to our [...]

Prayer

Prayer is a relational conversation with God expressing our heart in need and desire as we learn and line up with His will.
Prayer is not:

Information that God does not have!
A formulae to get what you want.
A program to get God to meet your needs.

There is nothing more centered than a self-emptied life, and there is nothing more empty than a self-centered life.

I have a burden on my heart and a challenge for our generation. The burden is for our children and our children’s children and the challenge follows.
Every generation in the modern era has had a name. The “Builders” before the last world war, the “Boomers” from 1946 through 1964, the “Busters” from 1965 to 1983 [...]

I really enjoyed the two speeches Tuesday evening. Senator John McCain’s concession was gracious, patriotic and truly generous. Senator Barak Obama’s acceptance speech was intentionally toned down from the rhetoric of the campaign and very unifying, generous and hopeful.
The tenor and content of both speeches were encouraging, peace making and hope building because the spirit of [...]

Just a thought!
Why is their so much media and educratic ridicule applied to single issue voters? They are considered simplistic, narrow, ignorant, etc. But this accusation is only applied to those whose issues morally describe and apply ethical boundaries to the social arena. If the issues are health care or civil rights, terrorism or regulation, then it is considered legitimate. But [...]