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  • Young Leader: Tweets

    If you follow me on twitter, you may have noticed that I’ve posted random tweets to young leaders. While I am NOT an expert, I do think that being young and leading is one of the hardest things to do. It’s often a calling to lead those older, more experienced, and even smarter than…

  • Live Up

    Philippians 3:16 “Only let us live up to what we have already attained.” When I was growing up, my Mom used to have this saying she’d tell me after I did something that I knew I shouldn’t have done. Mom would always say, “Jonathan, you know better.” This verse kinda says the same thing……

  • Thoughts About Dead People

    If people are asked when I die what one trait I displayed the most in my life, I hope they say dependability. It seems like a lot of us have forgotten the importance of being dependable and holding up our word. Instead, we’ve exchanged being dependable for being more productive. We’ve exchanged being true…

  • I Cheated & Got Caught

    A few Thanksgivings ago, I almost got kicked out of college. Seriously. I had a biology paper due the day before Thanksgiving break. Since I really couldn’t have cared less about biology (I still don’t), I just wanted the paper done. So, I did what any other upstanding, future ministry leader, freshman college student…

  • God Hasn’t Forgotten You!

    I sent this tweet last night. It seemed to hit a lot of people at just the right time. There are a lot of people hurting right now. You need to know: this is completely true. We need to remember… God doesn’t forget us even when it seems as if He hasn’t been near.…

  • Top Tweets of the Week

    As I’ve watched tweets flow through my twitter stream this week, I’ve captured some of the best ones and put them in this post. You can do with it what you wish… @ArtieDavis: Blogged 5-Q’s-Is your vision really FROM GOD?: LINK @FocusLeadership: True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment…