The Notebook

This past week I turned 52. Seems like a few years ago I was only 19 and Julie and I were getting married, but the truth is that was over three decades ago. I began to wonder, “What have I learned over the past Fifty-Two years of my life?” I did what you are probably […]...

Self-awareness seems to be a buzzword in ministry and the marketplace as people seek to understand their giftedness, passion, and abilities. Many tools for discovering who you are exist either online or through personal life coaches you can hire. I really never gave much thought of how this topic wa...

“What About Bob” is one of my all-time favorite movies. In this movie, Bill Murray plays the role of a guy who drives his psychiatrist insane. Bob was a pain. He was annoying… He was familiar. Most of us have a “Bob” in our life, and (s)he drives us crazy! Bob is an “extra gr...

There are many people in ministry, corporations, government, and small business that all of us can learn from in order to grow as an individual. We have been presented to and bombarded by leaders messages, both in the religious and secular in regards of how to grow as a person or leader. We have boo...

I am a couple of days late on this one, so I apologize for that, but this topic is more difficult than what you might think. I have had the responsibility to draft, edit, and approve many vision statements for companies I have worked for in the marketplace and probably double that in the ministry [&...

How do I connect with individuals and the “community” I seek to reach with my writing? As we approach this key question, it is imperative that we keep this question nestled securely in the context of the role of a missionary writer. It may be tempting to rely on conventional ways of attracting p...

Without sounding like a broken record, it is important to have a vision for your life, your family, your church, your business, or any organization you lead or are a part of. But how do you contextualize whats in your heart and mind to paper to bring the vision to fruition. Great vision without a [&...

Work is a noble thing for all people to do regardless of age, race, sex, tall or short and thick or thin. We all should love to work as it brings personal fulfillment, rewards to our family in the way of survival, and a general accomplishment of a job well done. Except, when you hate […]...

The American dream and God’s dream are two very different things radically worlds apart. The American dream used to be a very easy thing to get 30, 40 years ago. It meant you buy a home in the suburbs, Dad goes to work, Mom stays home and bakes cookies. Ward and June Cleaver. Ozzie and [&helli...

Mickey Mantle, an almost mythical baseball star who feared he had failed to fulfill career expectations because of alcohol abuse and whose latter years were haunted by self-recrimination, died of cancer in 1995. He was 63. The former New York Yankees center fielder and a member of baseball’s Hall ...