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Hail Mary passes, When and Why?
Posted on April 30, 2009 | No CommentsThere are a lot of “Hail Mary” passes thrown every football season. And I suspect quite a few in life in general. There are times when life just simply calls... -
A Portfolio of Passion…
Posted on April 28, 2009 | No CommentsThere is a lot of talk about Passion. I have a number of feelings about passion that I don’t hear often. One of the big questions that leads to success... -
Remembering
Posted on April 4, 2009 | No CommentsOne of the vital tasks of a leader is to build organizational memory. What got me thinking about this is my preparation to serve communion on Palm Sunday. I was... -
Testing Your Responses
Posted on April 4, 2009 | 3 CommentsI find that there are several responses I have to new things. I know many people who travel with me think that when I think up stuff the idea must... -
The Right Car
Posted on March 12, 2009 | No CommentsI think one of the major tasks of a leader is to get everyone in the right place at the right time. The leader is to have the larger vantage... -
Leaders
Posted on December 24, 2008 | No CommentsIt’s Christmas and great gifts are about to be given. I think there is no greater gift a group can receive than passionately honest leaders. I was thinking about some... -
Leadership for Tough Times
Posted on October 30, 2008 | No CommentsCall me a Pollyanna but I don’t think things are as bad as they are saying. Who are they? Everyone trying to find out what’s really going on. I lived... -
Honest Healers
Posted on October 22, 2008 | 1 CommentColumn – Blog I read in my local newspaper a story about a young man who became a crack-head after joining a twelve-step group to beat his addiction to alcohol.... -
Ideas
Posted on October 2, 2008 | 1 CommentLife is built out of the quality of your thoughts and ideas. I like to collect thoughts, others and mine. Sometimes I don’t remember which are mine and which are... -
Signs of Spiritual Warfare
Posted on September 15, 2008 | No CommentsThe Church has two tendencies when it comes to spiritual warfare. One, ignore it and not think about and maybe deny it or to see his handiwork everywhere. Knowing how... -
What makes you angry?
Posted on June 23, 2008 | 2 CommentsEmotional Intelligence has been written about a great deal by Dr. Daniel Goleman. It has become a substantial discussion in leadership. The sobriety prayer best defines emotional Intelligence. It goes,... -
How do we listen?
Posted on April 1, 2008 | 1 CommentWe listen primarily with our emotions. Keep the following several facts in mind when trying to convey messages to children, fellow workers, and friends: 1. The right brain works in... -
Mantras for 2008
Posted on January 30, 2008 | 1 CommentThe way you think is the way you’ll act. The way you act will determine who you are. Who you are determines your rate of success. Mantras of any organization... -
What makes a Generation?
Posted on January 3, 2008 | No CommentsFor a while now it has been a stretch for me to think of baby boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, as a cohesive group. That’s a long period... -
Biology or Psychology
Posted on January 1, 2008 | 1 CommentI think one of the most significant fronts we face as Christians interested in outreach and healing is the tension between biology’s influence on behavior and the will and psychological...
