Why Effective Teams Work
Most of us have been on a sports team in our life. Your family is a team. You’re part of a team at work. If you’ve ever been part of a successful team, all six…
Lessons from the Rocket Man (Part 2)
As I mentioned in my last post, I recently saw Rocketman, the Elton John biopic, whose narrative centers around his major stint in rehab as a completely broken man. As I wrote about in Part…
Something’s Broken
In today’s post-modern culture, people are questioning everything. The need for God is stronger than ever, yet the way we speak with people far away from God seems philosophical and even irrelevant. Maybe there’s a…
The Currency of Real Friendship is Need
The old saying goes, to have a friend, you have to be one. I don’t think so. Sounds more like a business deal. It’s a trade, not a friendship. Have you ever had a friend…
Presence
Last month, I took my grandson Aidan to Washington, D.C. for a few days. I couldn’t wait to get to the National Air and Space Museum so I could show him the groundbreaking spaceships of…
To Extend the Union . . .
So why did God create humankind? What was his purpose? The Westminster Shorter Catechism says, “Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.” The Purpose Driven Life says, “it begins with…
Behaving to Believing
Most evangelicals (myself included) have lived under the idea that a person comes to believe in Jesus and then their behavior will change. A true statement, but it doesn’t always happen that way. Yes, there…
Feeling Good About Ourselves
Ok, here’s one to store in your head and your heart . . . We feel good about ourselves when we do the right thing. It just happens. When we push ourselves to fill out…
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
This summer there was a fair amount of attention on Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, a documentary on the life of Fred Rogers. Confession: unless Mr. Rogers removed his red cardigan to take on spies…
Assumicide
While listening to a podcast the other morning, I heard a term that stopped me in my tracks…assumicide. I am not sure if the speaker made the word up or not, but the idea resonated…
