Joshua Chamberlain is a familiar name to Civil War buffs and military historians. His leadership of the 20th Maine at Gettysburg was so extraordinary that we would receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
It’s interesting to me that Chamberlain had no formal training that would equip him to serve as a military officer. When he enlisted he was a college professor teaching religion and philosophy at Bowdoin College in Main. He had passion for the cause but no training that would give him the skil… Continue

There’s a television ad currently running and chances are very good that it was on one of the ESPN channels since I’m married to a sports junkie. In the ad, a very recognizable professional football coach says something along the lines of, “You don’t win with trick plays. You win with people.” That’s all I can remember of it – I think it was a Farm Bureau ad - but that comment stuck with me.

In the past few days I’ve heard the same message twice, though in a different context each time. A new n… Continue