John's Blog

Have I mentioned Anna Grace coming into my life? Anna Grace is our first grandchild. I know I mentioned her to my “brother-cousin” Edward, who tragically died when a horse threw him in Austin…

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I’m having a “too soon old, too late smart” moment. For 25 years as a YMCA director I had the privilege of engaging donors in our work. Now, for the last 18 years I've been on the other side of…

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*Artist: Mariah Hope - use by permission of Leadership Network I spend much of my strategic thinking and effort on culture, not pop culture, although this is a dimension of it, but rather matters…

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May and June are graduation months. Time to celebrate great accomplishments and the moving on to a new phase in life; new job, new school. When I reflect on the times my children graduated, I…

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My wife Jamee and I grow lots of things at our home and on our hobby farm, which we call Wyndridge. When it comes to producing food on our land, Jamee and I are learning as we go and living out…

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