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Deceptions and Disappointments
by Dennis Peacocke January 2010 In some way, all human beings fall short in terms of being who they say they are, or think they are. Integrity, therefore, is relative, no matter how exemplary someone may be who embodies it. All of us have greater or lesser “feet of clay.” Having said this, “deception” is…
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On Loan to One Another
by Dennis Peacocke December 2009 A very close friend’s wife has untreatable brain cancer, and barring a direct miracle, is on her way home. Such is the common fate of us all: here, and then gone. To those of us who believe in life-after-death with one another, death itself is not frightening as much as…
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The Left Learns “Turnabout is Fair Play”
by Dennis Peacocke November 2009 It’s no secret that the mainline media has been left-winged for decades. We also know that the left doesn’t really believe in free speech. If you doubt this, try and bring a conservative speaker to a major state University. Once the conservative talk-show radio hosts began to be able to…
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President Obama, the Mystery Man
by Dennis Peacocke September 2009 Barack Obama is an extraordinary man on multiple levels. He is bright, tenacious, highly strategic, and has the magic ingredient of astute political instincts. His climb up the Chicago political ladder showed that he was pliable, resourceful, and willing to claw his way to the top as he climbed over…
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ON THE REPEAL OF “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL” IN THE MILITARY
by Dennis Peacocke August 2009 New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand recently succeeded in pressing a Senate re-examination of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, previously enacted to side-step the issue of homosexuals in the Armed Services. As long as they kept quiet about their sexual preferences and did not conspicuously engage in homosexual activity,…
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Entertainment: What Michael Jackson Really Means to America
by Dennis Peacocke July 2009 Michael Jackson recently passed away (most likely from issues related to the misuse of drugs) and the Unites States news media has responded to a national feeding frenzy of public concern and mourning. It is as if a person of great historical dimensions has left the nation alone and greatly…
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Happy Father’s Day Post-Modern America
by Dennis Peacocke June 2009 Late in June, we celebrate Father’s Day once again in modern America. To those who have fathers who are still living, who know who their father is, who remain on good speaking terms with their father, or who think it is important enough to communicate in a special way on…
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Learning to Speak Fish
“Learning to Speak Fish” By Dennis Peacocke May 2009 And He said to them, ‘Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. —Matthew 4:19 There are numbers of scriptures that remind Christians that they are “strangers in a strange land.” We are reminded: that we are ambassadors from another Kingdom (Col. 1:13); to…
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The Politics of Reaction and Crisis
by Dennis Peacocke March 2009 George Bush’s presidency was defined by the events of September 11, 2001. He seized upon this event and the issue of terrorism to create eight years of focus on policies set to “take democracy to the Middle East” and protect domestic America from terrorist attacks. Out of these commitments came…
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Economics & the Current Financial Crisis
by Dennis Peacocke February 2009 The economy continues to spiral downward, as both our citizens and the nations of the world await economic remedies that have a strong chance of success. As the government unfolds its “solutions,” the crisis described as the “perfect economic storm” will neither simply go away, nor will it transcend the…
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A Magna Carta for Government Bail Outs
A Magna Carta for Government Bail Outs By Dennis Peacocke | January 2009 In times of stress and crisis, people, organizations, and governments need a very clear set of rules or principles for measuring decisions. For governments, their constitutions ultimately serve this purpose. Binding rules or limits help us stay out of crises, limit the negative…
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Why God Doesn’t Want to Get Involved in Your Business
Why God Doesn’t Want to Get Involved in Your Business By Dennis Peacocke When I teach on the subject of marketplace ministry, I often ask, “Who wants God to get involved in your business?” The vast majority of people raise their hands, expecting me to help them find effective ways to achieve a “divine connection.”…
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Integrity in Sales: You Are the Company, You Are the Product
Integrity in Sales: You Are the Company, You Are the Product By Dennis Peacocke Integrity is perhaps our highest and most valuable human commodity. When we possess it, it can open many doors and keep them open. When we’ve lost it or don’t possess it as a character quality, few people want to associate with…
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Strategic Time with God: The Most Important Thing
Strategic Time with God: The Most Important Thing By Dennis Peacocke As any competent, professional motivational speaker or personal executive coach knows, the most difficult thing is to find the key in someone that turns an individual from functioning in mere mental understanding to actually changing the way they think and behave. The concept is…
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Strategic Planning: The Key to Building Successful Relationships, Organizations, and Capital Creation
Strategic Planning: The Key to Building Successful Relationships, Organizations, and Capital Creation By Dennis Peacocke Every successful leader of any organization, let alone a successful business, knows that strategic planning is the key. If leaders simply “let things happen” in a fallen world, two things will happen: 1) chaos will “happen” and 2) they won’t…
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The Economic Consequences of Dualism, Futurism, and Evangelicalism
The Economic Consequences of Dualism, Futurism, and Evangelicalism By Dennis Peacocke Broadly speaking, I am an American “evangelical,” if by the meaning of this word, we denote a Christian who believes in being born of God’s Spirit and who holds a high view of Scripture and an internal need to their share faith in Christ.…
