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Up!

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Up! We all want to be “UP”.  Whether it’s in our personal, our family or career life, we break through barriers with people & projects and the idea of “UP” carries the idea of success. As the Dad of two amazing teenage boys, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to teach them to succeed in…

A New Day

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“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done…”  A quote from my good friend Joseph in Genesis 50:20. So glad God’s got our back, so to speak, and has such a grander view for our lives than we do. Using difficult circumstances to move us…

Head-first or Feet-first

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When I was a kid I loved jumping into the pool feet-first.  Shallow end, deep end – it didn’t matter. I hated diving head-first.  It scared me, even though I knew the deep end was plenty deep enough.  I always thought about diving and really wanted to, but in the end I usually just jumped….

The Latest Gossip

Unfortunately, many of us would click to this post because of the title – we want to hear the latest gossip.  Also unfortunately, many will click away when the realize this post is about participating in gossip. Of course, we’ve all participated in gossip – either giving or receiving it.  There’s no denying that there’s…

How to Throw (& Catch) Well

My last post was about the importance of Making a Good Throw. Essentially, the point was that the only good throw is one that the person you are throwing to can catch. As leaders, pastors, parents…we often “throw” a vision, a directive, or an idea to our team or kids in a way that cannot be caught,…

An Essential Equipping Principle

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I had the privilege of keynoting the Kidmin track at the CMTA Convention this past weekend.  We had a couple of great sessions & I was honored to connect with some wonderful Kidmin leaders after each session.  There’s not too many things I love doing more than equipping leaders and learning from them. I got an…

Audacious Realism

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how we reconcile two seemingly opposite realities in ministry. 1. Big Hairy Audacious Goals The term was popularized by Jim Collins & Jerry Porras in their book Built To Last.  In a nutshell, it means defining a crazy big goal!  You can see some examples that various companies have…

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