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.
The “God life” and EXCLUSIVITY The “God life” and EXCLUSIVITY
Community

The “God life” and EXCLUSIVITY

Some time back, I read where someone asked Carl Sandburg (the famous North Carolina poet whose words were like a magnifying glass to human emotion) what was his least favorite word. His answer? The word…

The Marriage Cage The Marriage Cage
Marriage

The Marriage Cage

Marriage is easy when you’re feeling the love. But when you aren’t, marriage feels like a cage: “I’m trapped in here with this woman I don’t love and who doesn’t love me. I can’t get…

Are you waiting….or procrastinating? Are you waiting….or procrastinating?
Decision-Making

Are you waiting….or procrastinating?

Since 200, over 100 guys have been “Radically Mentored” around my dining room table. Around the world, another 2,400 guys have had similar experiences. Some mentor poured his cup into their cup. They made a covenant…

3 Questions to Diagnose a Sick Leader 3 Questions to Diagnose a Sick Leader
Leadership

3 Questions to Diagnose a Sick Leader

Every winter, half the country gets sick, everyone’s focuses on colds and flu and germs. Schools close. People wear masks. Purell sales go through the roof. “Does he have a fever?” “How long has she had…

Make a ‘people plan’ Make a ‘people plan’
Community

Make a ‘people plan’

The best way to predict future behavior is past behavior. The definition of insanity is to repeat the same behavior and expect a different result. You can’t talk your way out of what you behave your…

Do you have any real friends? Do you have any real friends?
Community

Do you have any real friends?

(this post was co-written with Pete Loescher, a veteran mentor and dear friend) “The tragedy at my father’s funeral was not that I had to help carry the casket. It was that I had to…

12 Things I Learned in 2012 12 Things I Learned in 2012
Things I Learned

12 Things I Learned in 2012

Ever wondered why God ‘rested’ after 6 days of creating? Was He tired? Did He need a smoke break? I think God rested on the 7th day to press meaning into what He had done. He…

Pick your fight and find your purpose Pick your fight and find your purpose
Purpose

Pick your fight and find your purpose

This idea of ‘picking a fight’ has got me. I’m putting it in the category of a BGI.  (blinding, guiding insight). It’s a clue as to why Christians are so passive. They haven’t picked a…