Leaving a Legacy: A Tribute to “Paw Paw” (Allen Pyle)

Paw Paw - Pappy - and me

Today is a special day. My “Paw Paw” (Dad’s father, Allen Pyle) turned 95 years old. This morning, we learned that he passed away, so he could celebrate his birthday in Heaven with Jesus Christ.

Paw Paw was always a planner. About 5 years ago, following his 90th birthday, he mentioned that he wanted me to speak at his funeral. Over the years, he and I have shared some deep conversations, and I guess he wanted to spare his sons that emotional task.

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Practicing The Law of E.F. Hutton with My Wife

This week’s devotions from the John Maxwell Leadership Bible focus on the fifth law (of twenty-one) of leadership—the Law of E.F. Hutton.

When I was growing up in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the brokerage firm E.F. Hutton became well-known for its advertising campaign.

E.F. Hutton’s commercials depicted people out for a jog, aboard a train, or at a dinner party. The conversation would inevitably turn to the stock market. And that’s when one person would say to the other “My broker is E.F. Hutton. And E.F. Hutton says….”

Then, the rest of the world would fall silent. Joggers would halt in mid-stride. Commuters on board the train would put down their newspapers. Dinner guests would cease passing the green bean casserole. Everything came to a screeching halt. The commercials all ended by saying, “When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen.”

The Law of E.F. Hutton was on display through the prophet Samuel, and it works well in my own life too!

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