The Question That Changes Everything Dave Rodriguez was lying on a gurney in the ER, two pulmonary embolisms confirmed, when a second question hit him that had nothing to do with survival. The first question was predictable: am I going to die? The second one surprised him. In the middle of monitors beeping and doctors...Read More
Your Calling Already Exists. You Just Haven’t Found It Yet. There’s a question most people never ask themselves. Not because they don’t care about the answer, but because no one ever told them the question was worth asking. What were you put on this earth to do? Not what job should you have, not what...Read More
Why Most People Hate Their Jobs (And What to Do About It) What if the biggest drain on your energy, your mood, and your sense of purpose wasn’t your schedule, your health, or your relationships? What if it was your work? According to a 2025 Gallup poll, only 21% of American workers are truly engaged...Read More
The Financial Framework That Changes Everything If you’re like most people, you approach financial decisions one at a time. Should I buy this car? Can I afford that vacation? Do I have enough for this purchase? It feels responsible. You’re being thoughtful about each choice. But according to financial pioneer Ron Blue, this approach is...Read More
The Financial Health Crisis Nobody’s Talking About (And What You Can Actually Do About It) There’s a battle happening in grocery stores across America. Not over shortages or sales, but over something far more revealing: a can of green beans. That’s where Dave Rodriguez and his wife Penny found themselves 45 years ago, red-faced and...Read More
Why Everything You’ve Tried Has Failed You’ve been here before. It’s Monday morning. You’re done with how you look, how you feel, how your body responds to simple tasks like climbing stairs. This time is different. You’re going all in. Sugar? Gone. Ice cream? In the trash. You’ve signed up for a gym membership and...Read More
The Wake-Up Call That Changes Everything Dave Rodriguez sat in his car outside the gym, tears streaming down his face. It wasn’t pain that made him emotional. It was gratitude. Three months earlier, he’d nearly died from pulmonary embolisms, blood clots that had traveled to both lungs. One in three people don’t survive that. Now,...Read More
The Four-Step Framework for Getting 1% Better in Any Area of Life You know your life could be better. Maybe it’s your health, your relationships, your finances, or just the nagging feeling that you’re stuck. But knowing you need to change and actually making it happen are two very different things. Most people stay trapped...Read More
The Village That Never Looked Upstream There’s a village beside a river where babies keep floating by. One villager spots the first baby and rushes in to save it. Then another baby appears. And another. Soon the entire village is mobilized around rescue operations, taking care of babies, finding them homes, managing the crisis. It...Read More
The Chaos I Walked Into I walked into an ICU unit expecting a quiet pastoral visit. What I found was absolute chaos. The man I came to see was on a gurney, head tilted down, blood pressure plummeting. Doctors and nurses surrounded him, shouting orders, machines beeping frantically. They were doing everything they could to...Read More
