Leadership

  • Influence Isn’t Grace

    Grace is completely free. There’s nothing you and I can do to earn it. It’s readily available because it’s provided free of charge by an Awesome God. Influence MUST be earned. I don’t have the right to speak to certain issue in certain people’s lives. I don’t know them well enough. I haven’t earned…

  • How to Not Be Average

    What separates the successful people from the average people is the gap between dreaming and doing. The successful person closes the gap. The average person ignores the gap. The successful person takes the chance. The average person plays it safe. Average people… Talk about what needs to be changed. Have self proclaimed solutions to…

  • How to Make Your Life Count… Beyond Your SS#

    I talk a lot about “turning the world UPSIDE down.” It’s something that I believe in. It’s something that I truly believe God has called us to do. It’s something that seems so irrational and bold, but really only requires us living out the life God’s called us to. It requires God living through…

  • I’m Learning to Slow Down

    I’m trying to learn to slow down. I’m learning that I often do a lot of things, but few things well. Instead, I run around, thing to thing, task to task. The result is, I accomplish a lot of “tasks” but have very little impact. So, I’m learning to slow down. What are you…

  • The Rocky Path

    When I was still living at home, my parents decided to remodel their kitchen. They decided that they really liked tile floors and called the tile man. I still remember how careful the tile guy was to be sure that he was laying the tile on a smooth surface. Every few minutes, I’d see…

  • Sometimes, You Gotta Fight Back

    Life has a way of getting the best of us at times. It can punch us in the mouth and pick on us ruthlessly. Sure, we have to trust God, we have to keep our faith and know who we are in Him, but sometimes, we gotta fight back. We can’t just stand there…