I honor our Executive Director, Executive Council, our Founders and our Past Presidents, and the Editors of our Journal, our Conference Program Chairs, our members, and our many many friends. This talk has four parts: the first is about the ground upon which I stand; the second is about knowing the value of your gift; the third is about pathways to leadership; and the fourth is about you.
4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come closer to me.” And they came closer. He said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.5 And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.6 For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor...
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