Leaning Toward Wisdom
Modern Tales Of An Ancient Pursuit
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October 9, 2025 • 25 mins
Let's discuss some important words:
Regrets
Wondering
Wholesome
Sacrifice
Restraint
Self-Control
Struggle
Discipline
They all can help us understand and practice wholesomeness.
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September 9, 2025 • 57 mins
Show notes? Nah. You don't need 'em. Not for this episode.
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Randy
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August 21, 2025 • 27 mins
Today’s episode is about something we’ve all experienced, often without realizing it at the time: not knowing you’re in trouble.
Not because you didn’t see the warning signs—but because you couldn’t, or maybe you wouldn’t. Pride, foolishness, selfishness—they can all blind us. And sometimes, the most dangerous trouble is the kind we don’t know we’re in.
Important link: Let The Bible Speak YouTube Channel
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August 13, 2025 • 14 mins
Your Story Is Their Inheritance
Why documenting your life may be the most powerful gift you leave behind
“When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.” – African proverb
We spend our lives accumulating experiences, lessons, values, and insights — but how much of it do we pass on? Not the stuff — the stories. The moments. The decisions. The wisdom.
Your story is your legacy. And your family needs it more than you think....
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August 3, 2025 • 43 mins
Are you overwhelmed, overloaded, and constantly feeling behind? You're not alone. Let's explore the anxiety that comes from having too many responsibilities, too many projects, and too little clarity. Okay, more precisely, I'll share with you my recurring sense of overwhelm in hopes it can help you with yours.
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July 24, 2025 • 29 mins
I know, I've been a dog on a bone with this. Some might say, "You're beating a dead horse!" Maybe. And maybe that's the method to my madness in the past few episodes.
Do you know about the dead horse theory?
It's had a long-standing place in management lore. It goes like this, according to the Internet.
The “Dead Horse Theory” is a satirical metaphor that illustrates how some individuals, institutions, or nations handle obvio...
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July 9, 2025 • 41 mins
No notes today. No excuse. I'm just lazy today.
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June 23, 2025 • 54 mins
When we learn that our behavior and choices belong entirely to us and are independent of what others do, it's the road less traveled to becoming a better person. Rare are the people who have made up their minds to behave like that, likely because it demands a willingness to suffer wrong and move on to do what's right. No matter what.
Self-discipline is at the heart of enduring suffering, sacrificing, exercising grace and gratit...
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June 5, 2025 • 46 mins
A few weeks ago, Megan Moroney was on The Bobby Bones Show. She's an emerging country music star touring with Kenny Chesney. I only know that because I've seen snippets of their shows on social media. Not knowing who she is or anything about her, I trolled through a short clip of Bobby Bones's interview with her. During the interview, Bobby asked her a question that prompted an answer we can all relate to, but here's a young lad...
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May 21, 2025 • 42 mins
Thanks for watching. If you choose to listen, thanks for that, too. Other than that, I've got nothing. The show speaks for itself. But here are the links I mentioned (and promised to share): LetTheBibleSpeak.tv
https://hotspringsvillageinsideout.com/a-champion-bull-rider-who-loves-to-cut-hair/
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May 7, 2025 • 33 mins
I apologize for being absent lately. Let me explain.
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April 16, 2025 • 36 mins
He asks me, "How do you measure success?"
I have questions before I answer.
"Success in what?"
"Sales success is easy to measure. Serenity, not so much."
Turns out he was focused on how I viewed MY success in general.
Part of the challenge of measuring or defining success is the common disease of comparisonitis.
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February 13, 2025 • 17 mins
It doesn't mean you're to blame. It means you accept responsibility for yourself—for your choices, decisions, behavior, reactions, feelings—and all the rest. I've yet to discover a downside.
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January 11, 2025 • 51 mins
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things by Robert Fulghum was published in 1986. It was quite the rage because it was filled with commonsense life maxims. I read it and appreciated the author's point that even children can (and should) learn how to behave toward others.
We are almost 40 years later, and it seems like a prehistoric work of fiction. When I purchased this book, I had ye...
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January 5, 2025 • 37 mins
I posted this on social media a few days ago.
It's easy to desire improvement, but it's hard to change our habits to bring about improvement.
Each year begins with the hope that 2025 will be better than 2024. Maybe it will. Maybe not.
Our habits are going to determine it.
These 2 sentences are true. Life bears witness to their validity.
Links mentioned in today's show:
• In Thy Paths, a YouTube playlist of sermons
• A TV s...
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December 24, 2024 • 12 mins
Happy New Year, 2025!
In the fall of 1997, I uploaded my first audio under the tagline "Leaning Toward Wisdom." It was my documentary, the journey of a 40-year-old dad desiring to pass along whatever lessons I might. Twenty-seven years later, I'm still unsure how successful the quest has been to lean more toward wisdom and away from foolishness. But life ain't over yet, so let the leaning (and learning) continue.
Thank you for...
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December 21, 2024 • 46 mins
It started with a voicemail from a client. His message said, "I've got a situation - a problem. I could use your advice. Call me back."
The problem? A relationship. A couple of relationships. At some point during my questioning him, for my understanding, he stopped and said, "What I thought was the problem may not be the problem. Guess I'd better make sure I'm solving the right problem, huh?"
That's solid insight - especially ...
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December 6, 2024 • 51 mins
"My ambition didn't allow me to fail," said Jack Barsky, an ex-KGB spy who was a sleeper agent in the United States.
Barsky was quite successful in avoiding detection. Until he was, then no amount of ambition would prevent authorities from moving in. He stayed around his smart spots for years, navigating North American culture to spy for the Soviet Union and his faith in communism.
Barsky might argue that over time, he learn...
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October 17, 2024 • 59 mins
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Ironically, I chose to make this an audio, not a video. Yes, that was intentional. I hope you'll click PLAY.
It started in 1997. This podcast. It was a handheld Olympus digital recorder. No SD card. Just built-in memory. It was less than $100 and I'd been using i...
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October 11, 2024 • 14 mins
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm—but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.
- a line in the T.S. Elliot play, The Cocktail Party
It's another episode of Free Form Friday for October 11, 2024. Enjoy.
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