The Tap by Frank McKinney

Frank McKinney in Ange Village ("Village of Angels"), Haiti – one of the self-sustaining communities built by the Caring House Project Foundation.

I recently learned about bestselling author Frank McKinney with the recently published The Tap.

Books about an individual's life and spiritual journey are always absorbing to me.  Reading The Tap, I learned about McKinney's philosophy and impressions about self-fulfillment, material and spiritual wealth, God, philanthropy, and circumstances that might be associated with 'luck' and 'synchronicity' – words that McKinney might alternatively express as "Tap Moments."

Not all of McKinney's forthright observations seem adequately expressed (i.e., ". . . I think it's safe to say that God sanctions our desires, or they wouldn't exist in us") yet many impressed me as valid ("increased riches of any kind provide you with more to share with others") or thought-provoking.

A pivotal event in his life occurred in the mid-1990s on the day after his company secured a record-breaking multimillion dollar property sale.  The following excerpts from the book describe an incident that is an example of a 'Tap' (from God).

On that day, our record-breaking sale was teased on the front page then carried over to page two of our local newspaper, and when I opened the paper, there I was with the house, my big grin the focal point of the photo.


Then the oddest thing happened.  My eyes swept across the fold and there, on page three, was a man who looked so much like me that I stopped and stared at him, too.  Have you ever been told that you look like someone?  And usually you don't think so, but then there's that rare instance when you think, Oh my goodness!  I do look like that person!  This was like that for me: he was standing in line at a soup kitchen, homeless and hungry.  He had a beard, but I tell you, it was like looking at a long-lost twin.


I stopped and thought hard about what it meant to see my accomplishments celebrated on one page and the needs of someone else highlighted on the page directly opposite.

I paused, closed the paper for a moment, and wondered in awe, Could there be a more obvious message?

McKinney avowed: "I don't believe that God edits my local paper, but I do believe that God works through other people and that other people's work is a conduit for Tap Moments.  It certainly was true for me that day."

He responded to the incident by signing up to serve food once a week for homeless people as a volunteer for the local organization featured in the newspaper article.  More recently, McKinney's efforts in Haiti have included providing a million meals to starving people and building self-sustaining communities through the work of the Caring House Project Foundation.

For more information about Frank McKinney, visit http://www.frank-mckinney.com