I have been working with teen’s full time for twenty years now and I love watching young lives change and be transformed by the Spirit of God. However, it has been during the last three years of my life that my understanding of working ...
"The higher you go, the thinner the air gets", a phrase spoken by Shirley Denyes to me as a young leader early in my professional career. At the time I didn't understand her statement but 18 years later, I have found that there is wisdom in her ...
Most people who know me know that I like to take risks! I do not take the "death-defying," "no-holds-barred," stupid type of risks, but those of a more calculated nature. Some may argue with me, but the adventure that I seek is not ...
During the last few months I have found myself having to lead from the middle in three unique opportunities. Each of the three cases are not related at all, other than I find myself very involved in the various elements. As result of these ...
Whenever I face times of uncertainty, conflict, and crisis or have major decisions to make I always start with WHAT I KNOW. For me, I lose capacity to remain emotionally grounded when I try to grasp the “what ifs” or the “why’s” that my ...
The following is from my friend Tim Eldred's newsletter for Christian Endeavor. It is a powerful story of getting out of the way and letting students :And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. ...
Last week I had the rare privilege to sit and talk with Phil Stacey during breakfast at a meeting we were at together. Phil was a top five finisher in season Six of American Idol and was a fan favorite because of his likeability factor. We had a ...
I'd like to introduce you to the most incredible family I've ever met. This family is the perfect example of what a family should be. Every time I see this family it is so obvious that I should quit teaching about families, because it is obvious ...
I remember back to my sophomore year in high school (yes that was a long time ago & yes we had wheels & yes we even had a few pieces of this new thing called paper) during a social studies class where I first encountered the word ...
Today is the Martin Luther King Jr national holiday and I have a few thoughts about, what I think is, a major church leadership blindspot in the U.S.. I wonder how many white churches around the country mentioned anything about the MLK holiday ...
