hello friends, Today’s thought comes from John Eldridge’s Friday web blast. He offers the thought of ‘I don’t care… I’m gonna do it anyway.’ How many times have you said that thing that would’ve been better left unsaid, or bought that thing even though it blew out your budget, or ate that thing that you knew was not a good choice? As I battle the effects of some of my old habits, I find myself being cautious of all of those thoughts. I have a constant glucose monitor that reminds me about two hours after I’ve eaten that extra dessert or can filled meal. I used to say ‘the Field men always think about what we say, but most of the time it is after we’ve said it.’ I realize the ‘I don’t care’ ideas come from me immaturity and lack of respect for others. There are times I realize how rampant the attitude is is within our community and society when someone points out something to me, or says that thing that makes them feel better, by apparently lifting them up by putting me down. What are your experiences with the ‘I don’t care’ attitude? How does it (or its absence) show up in your ministry or conversations? https://wildatheart.org/media/johns-weekly-video-update/video-update-i-dont-care?message_id=21673&message_donor_id=b3983a3b-7454-4eee-8f77-9e502bc02097

I've been pretty quiet here. It feels like I'm staring at a new gate, despite being assured that this is a valuable resource. Well. I need prayer for wisdom and maybe a little hand holding or uplifting or perhaps I'll just take what I can get. And I think I'll dispense with the specifics and ask this question. Have you ever been sure in your soul that being the voice of wisdom was the wrong thing to be? When you witness something so personal and devastating happen in the family that you know the right thing and you know the best thing and that's all anyone can see but you can see a "way through" that provides for a best case scenario that includes he wrong outcome and the wise thing is to pray through it with hope for what should happen but all the things that you can see scream "prepare for the worst because it is part of the path to the best? Is this too convoluted to get the gist? I can throw in some gruesome details- but I think the question is present, Do you pastor the wisdom you give or do you just advise to the best someone will receive it.

On one our roadtrips, we stopped and visited some pastor friends. As we both are pouring out our souls and lifting each other up, he made the comment, "As you lead down (to the people on your team or in your department), you also lead up (to the management teams and organizational leaders)." One of my roles is working with an organization of traditional structure. It is very much top down. Ironically, I lead a team of dynamic and empowered leaders. The team is encouraged to lead from their skillsets, to press the paradigms of interpersonal relationships, and to care for the well-being of others. I often find myself bumping against invisible barriers while trying to encourage others to go beyond. I am curious, how do you empower others and stretch the paradigms of those who operate in hierarchy?

I am part of many groups, all are my favorites. Today's thought comes from a group of Christian men, we are coaches in different aspects. We call ourselves, "The Bench" - we are part of Christiaan Coaches Network International (CCNI) (https://christiancoaches.com/) Our topic of discussion was the semiannual conversation of what resources are currently influencing us? I will probably share some thoughts from this discussion over the next few weeks. (that's a veiled accountability statement trying to say I want to be better at post discussion content here.) one of the guys shared his new interest in Ben Sasse, a man who knows he's dying and wants to share some of his insights with others... here's a link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CFo6-6BN9k. I encourage you to look it up. My hope for this page is to give a snippet of information that might spark a conversation. I've give the snippet, and now, I'd like to hear your thoughts... mine are included in the comments.

TL;DR 2 sentence version global soil food and water stats are critical on a doomsday level by 2025! Singing frogs farms model hits all relevant triple bottom line accounting markers as a highly proven, profitable and super healthy solution so spread the word and let’s try to shift the drift from extreme global crisis to extreme global abundance!! Tip of the iceburg yet crux of the matter version You can’t give what you don’t have. Help yourself, help the world. Step into your power, share the good news!! Okay, here is the super “save the world” side quest, and I’m calling it a side quest because we’re all needing to get our lives on track to be able to do anything in the first place! It’s just THE SUPER SIDE QUEST!! Cause we gotta act fast! Here’s some motivation to step into your power and get in the game NOW!! “By 2050 under business-as-usual: 90–95% of Earth’s land at risk of degradation; 4.8–5.7 billion people facing severe water scarcity.” Don’t Look Up — that scene where the scientists see the meteor coming and everyone treats them like conspiracy nuts? Yeah… I’m kinda feeling that energy right now. I’ve been digging into the hard numbers on soil, water, food systems, homelessness, incarceration, and what actually works to fix them. The data is brutal, but there are proven models that flip the script on multiple crises at once. The Global Wound (Soil, Water, Food) - We lose 36 billion tons of topsoil annually. - Agriculture uses 70% of global freshwater withdrawals, with 30–50% wasted due to degraded soil. - 1.3 billion tons of food wasted yearly (33% of production) while ~1 billion people face overt hunger and 3 billion suffer “hidden hunger” (nutrient deficiency despite calories). - By 2050 under business-as-usual: 90–95% of Earth’s land at risk of degradation; 4.8–5.7 billion people facing severe water scarcity. Conventional farming often makes only $100–$4,000/acre (sometimes subsidized). Really good organic tops out around $10k–$15k/acre in the best cases.