1 Samuel begins a new chapter in the history of Israel, but the story remains the same. God chooses the humble over the proud. If you feel like a drop in the bucket, choose to be like Hannah. Become a drip, drip, drip in God’s ear!
How to Value Life
How do we truly value life? If we look at the life of David, we see he valued life – even his enemies. Here are 4 ways to value all life.
Leading through pain
Being a leader means experiencing pain and rejection – both real and perceived. How will you lead through offense? Read on for two options for you as a leader.
Peace, Prosperity and Promises
In the middle of one of life’s storms, David is thinking about peace and prosperity. The principle of prosperity is available to you too!
Learning to Dance with God
Following Jesus is a dance with God. It’s learning the timing of two vital steps – wait and move. These steps define the heroes of the Bible.
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 […]
Why so angry?
Anger and God We are taught to fear anger. Do a quick quote search on “anger,” and you’ll see I’m right. Anger is scary. Sometimes we’re so mad we can’t see straight. It burns us up. It drives us to do and say things we’ll regret. Anger is the first step to bitterness. Too often anger […]
Of myths and giants (and team)
Myth David defeated his giant Goliath alone, so I must defeat my giant alone. Reality David had a king and nation at his back. David had a God at his side. David defeated Goliath with a team. David stepped forward, picked out 5 smooth stones and walked out to to face the giant, but he was never alone. When […]
What makes a Great Leader?
Chicken or the Egg Any great cause, organization, business or strategy has an equally great leader. Growing up, my mom told me time after time, I was a leader. An interesting thing happens when you are told something over and over – it happens. It’s definitely the chicken or the egg debate. Am I a leader […]
Building tribes (you are needed)
What Purple Cows, Linchpins, Permission and Tribes all have in common. Seth Godin. Seth Godin is an marketer/author/out of the box thinker. He’s written book after book based around this topic – outside the box marketing in a rapidly changing world. My favorite of his books is Tribes. Godin shares the premise that we live in a tribe-based […]
