The Element of Surprise The Element of Surprise
Walking the Talk

The Element of Surprise

The element of surprise is powerful. Companies keep the details of a new product release a secret until the very last minute. The bad guys didn’t know of the raid on Osama bin Laden’s hideaway…

Fighting Fear Fighting Fear
Theology

Fighting Fear

Just about everybody in the U.S. is scared right now. New leadership. A whole different mentality in the White House. Executive orders. Inflammatory rhetoric. Terrorists with machetes. Road rage. Crazy people with guns. No one…

Mentor Summit 2017: Mentoring Wisdom Mentor Summit 2017: Mentoring Wisdom
Mentoring

Mentor Summit 2017: Mentoring Wisdom

Everyone wants wisdom. Even if we don’t want it, we need it. Wisdom helps us help ourselves and help others. It helps us on offense and defense . . . to know how to ‘win’…

Jesus’ Super Bowl Moment Jesus’ Super Bowl Moment
Theology

Jesus’ Super Bowl Moment

With the roaring crowd ready to explode, there they stood . . . Tom Brady and Matt Ryan . . . about to step into the ultimate competition. With well over 100 million people watching…

Are Your Friends Like-hearted or Like-minded? Are Your Friends Like-hearted or Like-minded?
Community

Are Your Friends Like-hearted or Like-minded?

Friendship is a mystery with a lot of definitions. The average Facebook user has 338 ‘friends.’ Studies show that a person’s social circle is usually between 100 and 200 people. Other research estimates our inner…

Be a Good Steward . . . Share Your Experience Be a Good Steward . . . Share Your Experience
Mentoring

Be a Good Steward . . . Share Your Experience

Stewardship is an old-school word. Churches ruined it by always associating it with money and giving and building campaigns. But we shouldn’t give up this word. It’s important. A steward is a manager of assets…

“I Know” “I Know”
Marriage

“I Know”

I reconnected with an old friend recently and as we talked, I was totally distracted by something he kept doing. No matter what I said, his response was “I know.” I mean he hadn’t said…

Resolutions? Resolutions?
Prayer

Resolutions?

A long time ago, I used to make New Year’s resolutions. They were mostly stupid. “I’m going to eat no more than 2200 calories a day.” “I’m going to the gym and workout every day.”…

I Go in the Snow I Go in the Snow
Workplace Ministry

I Go in the Snow

The snow and ice here in Atlanta this weekend reminded me of one of the times in my life I’m least proud of. It was the year before I surrendered my life to Christ and…