The other day I was sitting at a red light and when the light turned green, I thought I had inadvertently stopped at the light pole of Maple Grove Speed Way. At the precise moment as the light turned green, the SUV beside me put the pedal to the metal and tore off easily [...]
I always find it interesting that we have a much higher expectation on others than we do ourselves when it comes to areas of growth and maturity. We expect others to improve in their abilities and overall disposition. “Here is an area that would be good for you to work on”, is our evaluation [...]
Speed of processing! As a leader you are responsible for everything within your field of ministry. Sometimes emotionally it may feel like there is a huge funnel feeding all the information into you and everyone is expecting you to provide the wisdom, insight, and final decisions on everything. How you handle that reality [...]
Integrity of speech is so important in the culture in which we live, any culture for that matter. Just show up like you said you would and do what you committed to do. It really isn’t that hard, it just takes commitment and follow though, making your own words the bottom line of your actions. [...]
Luke writes in Acts 17 that every person on the face of the earth comes from one blood or one origin and beginning, namely Adam. New Living translation says it this way, Acts 17:26 “From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth.” The Bible confirms that we are [...]
What do I bring to the table. Here are some of the clichés and play on words I have heard over the years: Am I a faucet or a drain? Do I add to others or subtract from others? When people leave me are they refreshed or do they feel depleted? Do I add [...]
I was with a group of church leaders a few months ago and they were all given reports on how their churches were doing. They all shared how in March of 2020 when then, almost all churches were forced to discontinue meeting publicly and forced to go online. Almost bar none, ever leader I spoke [...]
Integrity! One aspect of integrity is just being there and doing what I said I would do. Consistently! I like my diesel Jetta – starts every time and purrs as I roll down the highway – consistently! I like my Think Pad – boots every time and runs the small amount of programs that [...]
Bonnie and I watched an excellent movie last night. It took place in arid CA and the main character, new to the area, went to an all-purpose store and asked the owner what kind of plants grew in this hot dry climate. The owner said, “You don’t want a plant. The ground is too dry [...]
2020 has proved to be a very challenging year in that there were many twists and turns throughout the year that caught all of us unprepared. We were placed into situations and forced to make decisions on things that we had no control over. The opportunity to allow fear, anxiety or confusion to come into [...]