The Pastoral Journey
I am a fanatic of great wisdom and great leadership. Particularly, getting wisdom from the ups and downs of others who don't mind sharing it. I am a huge believer that hearing someone's life story helps provide amazing wisdom (practical application) for your own life...
Church Strategy: Learning From The Republican Party
Ok, so before I dig into today's post - let me offer my disclaimer. This post is not about politics, nor is it an endorsement of any particular ideological beliefs, constructs, or candidates. With that said, the news has been inundated over the past few weeks with a...
Why Leaders (Don’t/Won’t) Apologize
A few weekend's ago I had regular set of conference calls with many of my leadership teams throughout several different organizations that I'm apart of. I try to sometimes do a marathon schedule of calls instead of having a bunch of calls spread out through the week....
An Example To Follow
I have a question for you - who's example are you following? Its interesting to me that everything that God asks us to do in His Word, He has wisely given real-life examples of how to live that out. Whatever the standard is, if you look around there are people in your...
Sometimes You’ve Got To Reboot
The other morning I got ready to get into my "rhythm" for the day (I've written about that here). I opened my laptop, plugged my phone into the charger, got my music going, got my notepads, books of choice, and a cup of hot chocolate (I don't do the hot chocolate...
Scriptures On Social Media
Recently Tom Challies posted a blog about what the Bible says about social media. I thought it was cute, so I figured I'd share. Enjoy! There are many who doubt or downplay the relevance of the Old Testament to our times. Those people have probably never taken the...
Honesty With God
Isn't it amazing that God, being who He is - Creator, Giver of Life, Adonai, Alpha and Omega, I Am - and with all of that - allows us to come to Him and be honest with Him about who we are and what's on our minds??? I'm amazed at this simple truth. (References: Psalm...
One Right Person Can Unleash Your Greatness
I recently read a message from Dr. Mike Murdock. Some people may disagree with some of this practices and approaches to ministry. With that said, I understand that some may immediately discount this message. Wisdom from God's Word is Wisdom free and clear....
Eliminate The Unnecessary – Part 3
The statement, “Time waits for no one” is a MAJOR understatement. Even young children have figured out how fast time flies. I’m not quite sure at what point we really figure it out, but as adults we definitely understand it. When you start factoring in LIFE (the...
Eliminate The Unnecessary – Part 2
I've been writing about Eliminating the Unnecessary this week. You can read Part 1 here. Last year, just for fun I tried for a few days to write down every thought that I had each day. I failed miserably! It’s no wonder! According to the UCLA, we have about 70,000...