Five years ago I launched Strike the Match, a podcast addressing matters related to missions, innovation, and leadership. After five seasons and 76 episodes, the time for Season 6 draws near. Stay tuned! If you have not subscribed, take this time to make it happen. You may subscribe at the […]
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I launched Strike the Match on March 12, 2015 (“Who was St. Patrick with Ed Smither”). Season 4 concluded last week. I have enjoyed these four seasons of 64 episodes. Thank you for listening and sharing. You are in 139 countries, with the U. S., Japan, U. K., India, and […]
Strike the Match Turns Four
Joel and I recently went with his fifth grade class on a week-long field trip to Washington D.C.. We had an afternoon at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. As we were walking into the building, I remembered the name and concept behind my podcast (Strike the Match) were inspired […]
Strike the Match–The Origin of the Burn
Strike the Match, Season 1, ended one week ago. Every Thursday night for the past 33 weeks I have posted a podcast episode here at the blog. A seasonal approach is a good thing. From 2006-2010, I did a weekly (almost) podcast (North American Mission.org). This approach did not allow […]
Podcast Series 1 Complete
Three writing resources I regularly use are WordPress for this blog, Hootsuite for scheduling many of my posts at Twitter, FB, and Linkedin, and Blubrry for hosting my podcasts (which syncs with WordPress). They are all excellent resources when it comes to scheduling blog/podcast posts and updates. I returned to […]
Discipline before Discipline
I am thankful the day has finally arrived. Strike the Match is now public. I don’t know who created the idea of an “episode 0,” but I like it. It allows for a test run to work out the bugs. 0 says, “We’re not there yet; please be patient with […]
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