Friends and Partner letter dated March, 2021 There is one central symbol by which we remember Jesus. Today that image is coated with gold and worn around the necks of athletes and beautiful women, an example of how we can gloss over the crude reality of history. The cross was, of course, a mode of execution. It would be no more bizarre if we made jewelry in the shape of tiny electric chairs, gas chambers and hypodermic needles, the preferred modern modes of execution. The cross, the most universal image in the Christian religion, offers proof that God cares about our suffering and pain. He died of it. That symbol stands unique among all the ...

Friends and Partner letter dated February, 2021 Before Ronald Reagan (the 40th president of the United States) became involved in politics, he was an actor. Some of you may remember in the early 1960’s Reagan was the host of the General Electric Theater, then an anchor of Sunday night television. The slogan of the General Electric Company (G.E.) was “progress is our most important product.” The introduction to the General Electric Theater (underwritten by G.E.) included the line: “In engineering, in research, in manufacturing skill, in the values that bring a better, more satisfying life,at General Electric, progress is our most ...

Friends and Partner letter dated January, 2021 Hundreds of ideas, inventions, innovations, explorers and pioneers are considered as “world changers.” Lists of historic world changers vary, depending on who is making the list, but the compass invariably ranks high on most lists of the greatest world changers. As you know, a compass is a device used for navigation and orientation. A compass provides location and directions helping someone who is lost find their way to safety and of course it helps those who are traveling arrive at their intended destination. A simple compass has a magnetized needle that points to “true north” based on ...