Trust: The First Phase of Combatting Divisiveness

by Byron Bagby

Trust is the foundation of meaningful relationships across all aspects of life. Through a powerful personal story about receiving a car loan with no credit history, no job, and no co-signer, Major General Bagby illustrates how one banker's willingness to look beyond circumstances and recognize trustworthiness can bridge divides and create lasting impact. Read full bio

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Give Us Five Podcast

Donnie Maib

An interview with a proven leader who responds to a set of five questions addressing their experiences and successes. Read full bio

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A Touch of Philosophy

They who face calamity without wincing, and who offer the most energetic resistance, be they states or individuals are the truest heroes.

— Thucydides

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The Poetry Corner

The Poetry Corner

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay.

— Robert Frost

Let's Get Spiritual

Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Be angry but do not sin, do not let the sun set on your anger and do not leave room for the devil.

— Ephesians 4:25-27

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