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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…

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…

Change In Your Pocket

A concept that has stuck with me for years is the image of change in your pocket.  John Maxwell used to tell us to make sure we collected change for our pockets because there was going to be times as a leader when we needed to give some of it back. What he meant was,…

Quitting

Quitting…is not an option. per·se·ver·ance ~ noun steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement . We all want to quit sometimes.  Discouragement can be daunting. Hurt.  Disappointment.  Fear.  And a number of other emotions can bring us to our knees.  We want…

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