To promote living a positive, spiritual-based life, regardless of the faith each person chooses.
To spread a message of harmony among all peoples, regardless of race, color, or creed.
To promote servant-leadership as the best philosophy to guide society.
To serve as an example of servant-leadership in the community by reaching out to those who need it most, and encouraging community involvement.

Outreach and Education

Lane Baldwin has written and spoken about positive living and spirituality for over two decades. His main message is to seek common ground with others, and work together to create a better society, beginning at the community level but also expanding to global efforts. Lane is also an avid promoter of servant-leadership, advocating it as the best philosphy to guide businesses, organizations and society as a whole. We continue to seek opportunties to spread this message to churches, business and government organizations, civic groups, schools and more. More...

Important Note: We do NOT promote religion, much less promote a specific religion. What we promote is living a positive, spiritually-based life. Our goal is to promote (and live by) the teachings that are common to most life ways, as a means of creating new bonds among all people, strengthening existing bonds, and encouraging all people to work together to solve society's problems and create a better society for all. We welcome all people, regardless of faith or life way, color, creed or origin.

Our Funding

Principal funding for the Life with Spirit Foundation is provided by Lane Baldwin and his wife, Glenda Ford-Baldwin. In addition, the foundation gratefully accepts donations (of any amount!) and recently launched its on-line store.

At present, donations are NOT tax deductible. However, we are in the process of securing full non-profit status, which we hope to complete in 2010.

Lane at Foodstock '08

In Chicago, 2007

In Tampa Bay, 2008

For more than forty years Lane Baldwin has studied theology and belief systems from around the world. He has traveled to every continent save Antarctica, researching and studying with spiritual teachers and ministers from numerous faiths. This work led Lane to the understanding that most religions and life ways have common core teachings. When distilled to their essence, these teachings tell us to "live in harmony" with others, to find our fulfillment in the service of others and in living a spiritual life. Lane's understanding of the nature of the Sacred and our place in creation are the philosphies that drive our work.

Since leaving the US Navy in 1982, Lane has pursued interwoven careers as a professional musician and business consultant. While building his reputation as one of the top Blues bassists in the US, he also began to consult to other musicians and bands in the areas of marketing and management. This second career eventually brought him to the attention of Men's Wearhouse, a world-renowned incubator of servant-leadership and humanistic management.

During his time with MW, Lane was introduced to the philosophy of servant-leadership as defined by Robert Greenleaf and currently championed by Larry Spears of the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership. Studying with some of today's top management specialists, he quickly realized that servant-leadership was, at its core, a codification of the lessons he learned from his father as a child, and had already been using for years to a great extent. This journey of (re)discovery reaffirmed many of Lane's core beliefs while offering the possibility of servant-based business.

Since leaving Men's Wearhouse, Lane has continued to promote servant-leadership, humanistic management and true service-based sales through his workshops, seminars and consulting. Of course, he also runs his own business (and band) as a servant to others.

In 2005, Lane's essay A Gift of Spirit was included in Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body & Soul®, part of the best-selling book series of all time. This opportunity led Lane to focus more of his efforts on writing about spirituality and service-based living. Shortly thereafter, he began to lead workshops on spiritual living. In 2010, his essay comparing servant-leadership to indigenous leadership will be included in the latest in a series of anthologies edited by Larry Spears. This essay is a focal point of the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership's March, 2009, newsletter. (More info here.) Lane recently became the newest member of the Spears Center Council of Equals (Board of Trustees).

In January, 2009, Lane answered the call for ordination as an Interfaith Spiritual Minister. At the same time, he was honored with a Doctorate of Divinity for his decades of work. Now, after years of study, Lane will focus his efforts on speaking and writing, with the goal of reaching a larger audience. Interested parties are welcome to contact the foundation for further information about Lane's keynotes, workshops and other personal appearances.