Archive for February, 2008

I don’t want a scale!

My wife wanted to buy a scale for the house a couple days ago. She said it would help us keep our weight in control. Now, my wife could use a few pounds on her and I am pretty much like most of my boomer friends carting around a few pounds beyond factory […]

Singing to yourself

The Grammy’s were interesting this year. Vince Gill, a believer, won a Grammy. Kanye West won five, I believe, in the rock and rap categories. But the most interesting person to me was Amy Winehouse who won best album of the year. Her hit song off of the album was “Rehab.” […]

A few years back I shared in a seminar presentation in Rochester, NY, with Jim Dethmer. Jim had broken church life down into three major components. The first was the Cause. The cause of a church had to be known for the church to be effective. The scriptures give us a quick […]

What isn’t being said…

Just a couple random thoughts are in order today….
Peter Drucker says, “The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.”

I have learned, as a leader that the real story people have to offer isn’t the one they offer. And […]