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…
“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…
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….
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…
I had the privilege of writing an article for Dan Reiland’s The Pastor’s Coach eNewsletter that went out yesterday. Dan is the “executive pastor’s of executive pastor’s”. He served as Executive Pastor at Skyline Church under the leadership of John Maxwell when I was there as Children’s Pastor – in fact, he hired me into…
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,…
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…
