Expectation Management Expectation Management
Marriage

Expectation Management

This September, Susan and I will celebrate our 18th wedding anniversary. I’d love to say I remember the small details of that day . . . the flowers, the music. But I would be lying….

Love Big, Be Well Love Big, Be Well
Walking the Talk

Love Big, Be Well

I am a reader and podcast listener. My reading habit began in 2002 during my Radical Mentoring season when I read a book a month for 12 months. My podcast habit started in my prior…

Safe or Out? Safe or Out?
Decision-Making

Safe or Out?

For the first part of my summer, I get to travel to different local baseball parks to watch my two sons play. It is a great experience for our family . . . we get…

High-Fiving Out of Your Comfort Zone High-Fiving Out of Your Comfort Zone
Influence with Others

High-Fiving Out of Your Comfort Zone

For those of you who don’t know me . . . I’m an introvert. According to an old Myers-Brigg test, in 1997 I was an extrovert, but I can’t really remember what that felt like…

A Mentoring Conversation on Sexual Integrity A Mentoring Conversation on Sexual Integrity
Sexual Integrity

A Mentoring Conversation on Sexual Integrity

“This is about creating a safe place in your group. The degree to which guys feel safe about sharing is the degree to which they’re going to share.”  Research shows that sexual integrity and pornography are…

18 Inches 18 Inches
Decision-Making

18 Inches

I love the game of golf. In fact, I’m writing this while watching The Players Championship. While I enjoy the long drives (especially the cool red line tracking the ball’s trajectory) and the gamesmanship between…

Lost Lost
Purpose

Lost

Imagine you arrive in Chicago for a business meeting. It’s not until the next night so you decide to explore the city. Having never been to Chicago before, you grab a coffee, find a map,…

Sowing Seeds Sowing Seeds
Theology

Sowing Seeds

If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, “Move from here to there,” and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you. (Matthew 17:20) I am guessing…

Exposed Exposed
Community

Exposed

Webster’s dictionary defines exposed as “made visible by uncovering it” or “left in an unprotected or vulnerable state.” The Greek translation of the root word elegxo means “to convince with solid compelling evidence.” No matter…