Dear MSBC, Steve Jobs was the noted visionary, co-founder, and CEO of Apple Inc. until his death in 2011. In May 1997, Apple held its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California. At that conference Jobs said: “One of the things I’ve always found is that you’ve got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology. You can’t start with the technology and try to figure out…
Dear MSBC, On July 4th of this month, 245 years ago in Philadelphia, thirteen fledgling colonies became the United States of America with the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which reads: “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws…
Dear MSBC, You may not believe it, but you can make a difference in this world. Wherever you may find yourself or at whatever station in life you are at, you can make a difference. . . particularly in the lives of those around you. You may not know it, but people are watching you. I don’t want to creep you out, but it’s true, people are always watching! And what you and I…
Dear MSBC, It’s May. The month of May marks the return of springtime and the blooming of flowers and other foliage because of those April showers. You may not realize it, but May is somewhat of a busy month, filled with dates of which you may or may not be familiar. May 1 is Lei Day in Hawaii. Leis are garlands or wreaths that are often made with native Hawaiian flowers and leaves….
Dear MSBC, As you know this is the month of Easter. It is the most important celebration event on the Christian calendar. Purpose for living, hope for the future, and security for eternity rises or falls with this date. If Jesus Christ arose as the Bible declares, then as Christians who have placed our believing trust in Jesus, we have eternal life now and forever. But how do we know Jesus actually, bodily…
