Author: Jim Gant

Read day 335 in the BBTL book before you read on…because: You are not immune to the inability to attune. If I were going to boil down my experience fighting in three major wars with one takeaway, it would be this quote of mine from the book “American Spartan”: “Relationship building is the weapon; time … Continue reading Day 335…Attune

Since I already stole Chet’s words for day 334 for Thanksgiving, I have an open mic. Read! Write! Contemplate! If you spend any amount of time with the BTL crew, you will for certain hear this melody line played out over and over. My own journey has been propelled forward by this simple process. Choose … Continue reading Day 334…Read, write and contemplate

Sviatoslav Richter is considered one of the greatest piano players ever. He was known for his technical perfection. He believed it was his calling to play his amazing array of music as the composer meant for it to be played. No additions, no subtractions, no personal emphasis on any piece or part. Enter Andrei Gavrilov. … Continue reading Day 333…Amos and Danny

Have you ever thought about the Last Supper? Not the beautiful painting by Leonardo Da Vinci but the Last Supper as experienced over two thousand years ago. The Last Supper. Communion. Be With. Together. Pull your people together as best as you can. Do this as a leader, parent, neighbor, community member, citizen. Watch this … Continue reading Day 332…Food, wine, and fellowship

Day 6 is my favorite in the BBTL book. Day 331 is the hardest for me to read and to accept fully what it is saying to me. “Kids came early before I understood myself, my wound, my Miss, much less what it meant to be a dad to little boys…” – Chet You see, … Continue reading Day 331…Vows and wounds

There is way too much to unpack in day 330 of the BBTL book. First, if you have not read CS Lewis. C’mon man. Second, if you do not know how to properly read a book, find out (How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler). C’mon, man. Third, go back and re-read the books … Continue reading Day 330…Born to run toward

Thanksgiving is my favorite Holiday. I’ve made it a tradition of mine to read more about the Native Americans. Each Thanksgiving, I try to take the time to read a book that widens my understanding of these people who came before us wasichu. Wasichu was the Lakota word for “white people.” Its alternative meaning was … Continue reading Day 329…Wasichu

Thanks, Teeks. Thanks, Hector. Unconditional love. LIVE HARD. LOVE HARDER. Jim 1COR13:13 Little Jim Gant with his first best friend - Hector.