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.
What Will Your Next-Generation Legacy Be? What Will Your Next-Generation Legacy Be?
Parenting

What Will Your Next-Generation Legacy Be?

What will your next-generation legacy be? “What a dad pursues with fervor, his kids will pursue in moderation. What a dad pursues in moderation, his children will ignore. ….and you won’t know how you did…

An Inconvenient Truth about Following Jesus An Inconvenient Truth about Following Jesus
Influence with Others

An Inconvenient Truth about Following Jesus

Here’s a test for you. Think about something you could do….some role you could play in helping others in Jesus’ name. Stop right now and think. Nobody’s going to know what you come up with….

Zone vs. Man-to-Man Zone vs. Man-to-Man
Influence with Others

Zone vs. Man-to-Man

It’s pretty rare when I have a BGI (blinding guiding insight). But I had one a few weeks ago and couldn’t wait to share it. Here goes…. We’ve gone “zone”. Jesus called “man to man”….

Are You Angry? Are You Angry?
Walking the Talk

Are You Angry?

I’m driving down a street near my house. It’s a 35 mile per hour, double yellow line, “constantly frequented by cops with radar” kind of road. I look up in my rear view mirror and…

Working With A Gunner Working With A Gunner
Walking the Talk

Working With A Gunner

So you’re blessed with the opportunity of working with one of these hyper-aggressive leaders I call a “gunner” …What to do?  (If you missed my previous post  on what I call “Gunners”, you can find…

Gunners Gunners
Walking the Talk

Gunners

Gunners:  the hyper-aggressive leaders who make things happen. I am a gunner. I didn’t realize it until I heard my son describe one of the gunners in his class in medical school. “She is on…

Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!
Leadership

Surprise! Surprise!

Have you ever been completely surprised by the abrupt resignation of someone on your team? Have you ever gotten the call from your wife telling how your teenage son or daughter has done something totally…

Who Makes The Rules? Who Makes The Rules?
Theology

Who Makes The Rules?

Suppose there was a king….a good king…who ruled over his land with both justice and mercy. Everyone knew him to be a good-hearted king, but he was strong on people who didn’t respect each other….

Perception Is NOT Reality – Part II Perception Is NOT Reality – Part II
Theology

Perception Is NOT Reality – Part II

O.K., this is going to be frustrating. But it is true. We can’t know, like completely and totally know what’s real, until we die. That’s why it’s called faith. We have to “park” what we…

Perception Is NOT Reality – Part I Perception Is NOT Reality – Part I
Decision-Making

Perception Is NOT Reality – Part I

“Hey man, my wife is driving me crazy. She doesn’t do anything to show me that she loves me.” “Really? You honestly believe what you’re saying?” “Perception is reality, man. That’s the way it looks…