Spiritual Growth

Devotional-style readings to help you grow and develop wisdom as a spouse, parent, friend, leader, and most importantly, as a Jesus-follower.
Religion vs. Relationship Religion vs. Relationship
Theology

Religion vs. Relationship

I’m pretty much done with religion. Every day, I run into someone whose story has the same plot: born into a Catholic and/or Christian family, baptized as a kid, hammered with rules and rituals, walked…

“Serve-Me” Leadership “Serve-Me” Leadership
Leadership

“Serve-Me” Leadership

You always teach what you most need to learn. So when I was asked to give a talk on servant leadership, I did a ‘deep dive’ on the subject. The concept comes from Jesus telling…

Bad News Early, Bad News Often Bad News Early, Bad News Often
Leadership

Bad News Early, Bad News Often

Somewhere along the line, you’re going to have the privilege of breaking some bad news to your superiors. The big sale you forecasted isn’t happening this quarter. You’re probably going to lose the big case…

Doing Good Things for God Doing Good Things for God
Stewardship

Doing Good Things for God

‘Back in the day’, we wrapped up the mentoring year by “guilt-ing” men into signing up to serve. The thought was, “you’ve been trained. Developed. ‘Discipled’ if you will. Now it’s your turn. Pick a…

Part-Timers Part-Timers
Walking the Talk

Part-Timers

Organizations of all types have flocked to part time employees. As a manager, they offer flexibility and lower cost, in part because they don’t typically get benefits. It works well for the part time employee…

Pride: God’s Ultimate Enemy Pride: God’s Ultimate Enemy
Walking the Talk

Pride: God’s Ultimate Enemy

Look behind almost anything ‘ungodly’ and you’ll find pride. Pride is the opposite of humility. It’s the enemy of vulnerability. Pride says “I’ve got this”. And pride is what sent Satan to hell. What? Yep….

Don’t Promise When You’re Happy Don’t Promise When You’re Happy
Decision-Making

Don’t Promise When You’re Happy

Don’t reply when you’re angry Don’t decide when you’re sad. The first time my sweet wife flew on a small plane, she was scared to death. She was NOT going! Period. Her fear made the…

How Will You Define ‘Normal’? How Will You Define ‘Normal’?
Parenting

How Will You Define ‘Normal’?

Mentoring young husbands and fathers gives me the chance to hear lots of people’s stories. I love guys in their early 30’s. They’re young and energetic, yet they’ve begun to know what they don’t know….

37 Vials 37 Vials
Grace

37 Vials

Last week, I had an initial consultation with the Emory Lung Transplantation Center. They told me I needed to be sicker to get a lung transplant. Go figure. But to access my overall health and…

Write a Letter Write a Letter
Influence with Others

Write a Letter

Ever have something you want to say to someone but they just can’t hear you. Or you just can’t seem to get the words right?  It’s a really “old-school’ idea but writing a personal, handwritten…