Our Daughter’s article posted in Minneapolis Star Tribune: Did my parents make the right choice to raise us on the Northside?

Did my parents make the right choice to raise us on Minneapolis’ North Side? Guest contributor: Alyssa Miller / September 30, 2026 Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones’ article about her decision to send her daughter to a low-income and mostly Black public school sparked public conversation. Here is my response by Alyssa Joy Miller When I toldContinue reading “Our Daughter’s article posted in Minneapolis Star Tribune: Did my parents make the right choice to raise us on the Northside?”

Is Your Work a Calling?

“So, when do you think you might retire?” That question on multiple occasions has been asked of my wife and I in the past several years. It’s an understandable question. After Forty-nine years of full-time vocational Christan ministry my wife and I are no longer spring chickens. Our ministry opportunities have spanned all six inhabitedContinue reading “Is Your Work a Calling?”

Wrong Spotting

The #1 reason feedback is dismissed In the development of people, the only thing I’ve found that is harder than giving good feedback, is receiving feedback well.  For thirty years I’ve worked in Leader Development at all levels of a global Christian organization and I’ve found the longer someone fails to receive constructive criticism, theContinue reading “Wrong Spotting”

The Real Independence Day

for Christ-followers! On July 4th, all across America fireworks will be shooting off, picnics and family gatherings will be celebrating America, “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” We acknowledge what our forefathers fought for and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776, which declared the original colonies toContinue reading “The Real Independence Day”