Is Your Life Crazy? Mine Too!
Life is crazy! Do you agree? Is your life crazy? Over the last few months, life has seemed to shift into a new gear. In May, I graduated from Regent…
Engage Your Imagination
Imagine Your New Reality…Now Chase It Down When I was little I was captured by the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. There was something about Gene Wilder’s depiction of…
Why Goal Achievement is Life Changing
Turning Your Hopes and Dreams into a Reality From the time we are little we have hopes and dreams that we long to see in our lives. Over time, life…
Ministry is a Team Sport
Sunday service is over. If you are a pastor, this means you probably have a mixed bag of emotions. You may have this feeling of exhilaration as well as feeling…
Appreciate the Identity of Millennials
In my research for my upcoming book, Millennial Leadership, I dove into mountains of information about the Millennial generation and the benefits and drawbacks they bring to the table. I grew…
Be Future Smart
When I was little there were two cartoons I watched back-to-back: the Flintstones and the Jetsons. The Flintstones were a family who lived in the stone age with domesticated dinosaurs…
The Millennial Worldview
Millennials are the worst… At least that is the sentiment of many who are not part of the Millennial generation. But is that truly a fair assessment. Many of my…
Managing Employee Time Orientation
According to Dr. Philip Zimbardo (2010), everyone operates from one of six orientations of time: past positive (nostalgic), past negative (regretful), present hedonistic (pleasure vs. pain), present fatalistic (fated), future…
You Need a Coach
For the better part of my life I have played sports and I have had a wide variety of coaches. I have had some really great coaches and some really…
Identifying Multipliers and Diminishers
Ministry is a challenging field to choose to dedicate your life to. Not to diminish the challenges of other professions, but more to point out that being in ministry is…