religion

  • 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…

  • Choking Under Pressure

    Growing up, I loved playing baseball. I was actually kinda good at the game, but there was one particular situation that I almost always failed in… Executing under pressure. I still remember the 2 outs, down by 1 scenario that every baseball player dreams of. What’d I do? I struck out for the first…

  • I Shower With This Too Often

    One of the things that I do that Melissa has to call me out on every now and then is using the same towel for too long. I don’t know why, but I hate using a fresh towel. There’s just something odd about it for me. And so, I use the same one for…

  • 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…

  • You Can’t Fry Everything

    I love fried food….too much. When Melissa and I got a fryer a couple of Christmas’s ago, we immediately began to fry EVERYTHING. After a week or two, we started to think about how easy it is to fry something instead of cooking it the right way and the healthy way. In leadership, we…