Position Or Purpose

It's been a beautiful, yet busy week for mid November. This is the time of year when fieldwork overlaps with getting ready for winter, meetings, selling, evaluating our past year, balancing where we are at, and planning where we are going. Our goal around here is to work for a purpose and not a position.

The guys continue to be busy with tiling, building pads, basements, waterways, terraces, and farm improvement projects for others. Thanks for the picture Mark.

BJ finished the week with spreading lime for Karl. Jim had stockpiled product from the quarry earlier this summer.

We're about caught up chiseling cornstalks on the ground going back to corn next year. Corn/soybean rotation is much simpler, less investment, and less work. However a farm business also needs to evaluate what has the possibility for a profit next year.

Many of you in our country had the pleasure of seeing the northern lights, either in person or pictures by others. They were as visible here in the Midwest as I have ever seen them.

With eight folks running for governor, it might seem difficult to pick who's best for Iowa. Adam is a man of faith, family, and freedom. He has servant hearted leadership. He was appointed by Governor Kim in 2021 basically to be the chief operating officer for our state. He, his wife Kasey, and sons Ryker and Mavrick, live in rural Runnells. Thursday morning Rob, Denny, Adam, and Rebecca came for coffee. Thanks for the visit folks.

Several years ago Dale was diagnosed with stage 4B cancer. After struggling with chemo, he decided that rather than being sick constantly, he would just finish his life with purpose, even in the midst of facing death. Dale flourished for an additional 5 years. Thanks for the picture.

Dale was the voice of the Pella Christian High School Eagles. He was a classmate, a friend, and part of our blog family, where he commented almost every week. Dale passed away Friday. As did Coach Staton, who was the first coach of PCHS football. Thanks for the picture Troy!

With Coach Staton, the coaching job was a purpose and not a position. Our son Mike was an assistant coach under Jerry, and has continued as Defensive Cordinator for the past 20 years. Thanks for the picture Kristin.

Kurt and Karl also played on that first PC football team. A couple of years ago I was blessed with a gift of the first PCHS football game ball. It was autographed by that first team. It was given by a friend as a thank you for an act of kindness.

Last evening we were invited to a musical worship service where Michael from the Booth Brothers sang.

Position is a place or title. Purpose is a reason. Purpose is an action. Servant hearted leadership takes purpose, whether leading a family, a farm, a football team, or a state. Blessings.