Helping Leaders Flourish
Every success story I’ve ever heard has a common thread. The successful person or hero points to those influencers who have cast a positive shadow on their lives. This “influencing” is often very intentional. And everyone has someone to thank for their success because we are all shaped and influenced […]
Mary and Joseph—who look so peaceful and serene in Christmas nativity sets—were living quietly in a rural community, planning an ordinary married life together, when an angelic messenger showed up with a life-changing message. It was shocking, disruptive, and scary. The changes that happen to us today seldom have such […]
Mark Twain speaks for most of us when he said, “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like.” But it is a fact—change comes when we least expect it and it happens whether we like it or not. Look over your shoulder at this past year. What an […]
Have you seen anyone using one of these lately? It’s been a couple of years, but I have, and I’ve got to tell you, it caught me off guard. I sat down for a quick phone charge in the ATL airport between flights, and a nice fellow from a few […]
Pastors aren’t immune to confusion. I recently ran into a young pastor from the West Coast who was giving me a church update. He was stuck in a fog and his church was in the emergency room. He’s been at the church about a decade, but in recent years, church […]