Spoons, Lying and Relaxing This weekend, I celebrated Independence Day like most people. I hung out with my family. I read, I slept, I grocery shopped and I played games with my kids. My oldest daughter just got home from camp with a couple of games to teach the family. I knew both of them, […]
I Choose the Ancient.
New Versus Ancient Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new. -Acts 17:21 God isn’t just old. He is before time. More than that, God exists out of time. He isn’t a new idea. God has always been. God is ancient. Too […]
Parenting 101: Begin with the End in Mind
What do you value? I have 4 talented and gifted children. Each are different, unique and quirky. Discussing them, their activities, their talents and our family schedule, I’ve found myself having the same discussion several times over the last couple of weeks during this topic of parenting. It goes something like this: Parent: My child […]
3 Tips to Grow Any Organization
You are a leader! You are an important part of your organization – job, church, little league team, civic group, and even family. It doesn’t matter what role you play, you are vital. You are vital because you are a leader. You may not have the title or position, but people are following you. They […]
Grace | Unforced Rhythms
Grace is an Unforced Rhythm Sometimes I try way too hard. Specifically I refer to connecting with God. I’m forced. I’m rigid. I’m unnatural in my approach to Him. I make rules and regulations for myself. Read this much. Pray that long. Say these words. Think those thoughts. It’s not just me. It’s human nature […]
Most Powerful Words Ever Spoken
Most Powerful Ever? Too many times in my life I’ve turned down opportunities. Most times the opportunities were only in my head – dreams, ideas, thoughts. No one said no but me to my dreams. Why? Let me answer by taking a short tangent. I was thinking the other day about the most powerful phrase […]
I Know This About You
I Know This About You. I have a core philosophy on leadership. Are you ready? It’s not easy to comprehend. Okay, maybe it’s not so difficult…here it is. Everyone is a leader. You are a leader. If no one else, you are leading your family. Most likely you are leading beyond this. It could be […]
Genius Is in You.
The Outliers In his book, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell explores success. Why are some people successful? Is it luck? Is it timing? Is it practice? Is it finances? Is it talent? To answer these questions, Gladwell explores people like Bill Gates and the Beatles. What made them so wildly successful? I read Outliers when it was first […]
Optical Illusions of the Heart
Pink, Green or Blue? The graphic below is going around the internet right now. Here’s the question being asked. What colors are the spirals? Pink, green and blue. Right? Wrong! It’s actually only pink and green. You can check out how that is possibly true at this website. I’m sure you’ve seen all kinds of optical […]
Lead to Last
You are a leader. I have a simple philosophy about leadership. You are a leader. Everyone is a leader. I don’t care who you are. I don’t care what you do in life. I don’t care where you’ve come from or where you are heading. You are a leader. You may be a mom leading […]
