by Mark Edge | Apr 1, 2026 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity, Spiritual Health
Let me be honest: I have always hated Candy Land. I’ve played it sprawled out on the floor with all four of my kids, and every time, I thought, “Is this really it?” Boring. Frustrating. No strategy, just luck. That all changed last week, when I read about Eleanor...
by Mark Edge | Mar 25, 2026 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity, Spiritual Health
How would you like to play for one of the top college basketball teams in the country, but only score a single point a game? That’s Sarah Graves. She suits up for the Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team, the number one seed in their NCAA tournament bracket. If you...
by Mark Edge | Mar 20, 2026 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity, Spiritual Health
What if I told you a hard-nosed sports writer could teach us all about unconditional love? I wouldn’t have believed it either. But that’s exactly what happened. Picture this: Mitch, a young reporter in the Midwest, had a close bond with his old college professor....
by Mark Edge | Feb 25, 2026 | Spiritual Health
How would you like to work at a circus? I heard a story about a man who thought that sounded like a good idea. So he walked right up to the circus owner and said, “I’d like to apply for a job.” The owner looked him up and down. “So, what can you do?” The man...
by Mark Edge | Feb 13, 2026 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity, Spiritual Health
It’s Super Bowl Sunday, but let’s go back to a college football field. Kent Waldrep, a halfback for TCU, takes the ball on a sweep. Four defenders crash into him. He hits the ground and instantly knows something is wrong. He can’t move—paralyzed from the neck down....
by Mark Edge | Jan 30, 2026 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity, Spiritual Health
“On September 26, 1983, the world came within minutes of nuclear annihilation.” We could all be dead or never born…if everyone had worked according to protocol and training. The Crisis Imagine yourself in Stanislav Petrov’s position on September 26, 1983. You...
