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A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO NAVIGATING COVID-19… after you have followed all the official protocols    How to be Social During a Season of Social Distancing   Please take a moment and read this instruction from the apostle Paul:  Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the […]

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO NAVIGATING COVID-19… after you have followed all the official protocols    A Homeschooler’s guide to time management….   It is an understatement of cataclysmic proportions to say that our culture and world are going through a tsunami of change. To make matters even more confusing, the narrative of COVID-19 seems to […]

Finding Purpose in a Pandemic    Uncertainty, left unchecked, is a tyrant landlord who bangs on the door of your chest constantly asking for the emotional rent not currently in your possession. This is what happens when a pandemic gives way to panic, it is what transpires when tragedy gives way to anxiety and downright […]

A role reserved but not always revered An assignment too big for any small sheet of parchment hanging on a wall The rare collision of monumental and mundane   One-minute counseling the largest of life’s concerns The next, laughing at the latest middle school burns  First one to arrive, last to leave still waiting on […]

The ball dropped… The fireworks shot off… Toasts were made… Confetti went everywhere… And just like that a new decade was ushered in. But has anything changed?!? Well other than a couple of digits so that the year now reads 2020 (and let’s be honest, that’s kinda cool). I mean we are 10-ish days into […]

THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IS MAGICAL.    And by that, I mean that the Christmas spirit is real! The sense of anticipation, the hope of something new, and the promise of a better day are all ingredients in the Christmas spirit felt by so many this time of year. Whether you believe in Jesus or not, a sense […]

Humility Found There is a rare quality among leaders. It is rarer than a precious jewel, scarcer than water in the desert, and about as commonly seen as an animal on the brink of extinction. The characteristic to which I refer is the spirit of humility… and it seems to be in short supply these […]

Average Despised   A third allergy to which leaders have an adverse reaction is the notion of average, also known as mediocrity. It doesn’t take much to conclude that if we are motivated by the grace of Jesus, we should never settle for “good enough” or a job half done. We see how finishing well those […]

Unnecessary Drama   As we continue our discussion on ‘leadership allergies’ being the reactions that occur as a leader develops, that is to say that a leader develops an adverse reaction to that which is unhelpful to a leader’s development and/or ability to maximize their capacity.    As the leader invests in his or her leadership […]

Part 2: Time Wasted   Last week we discussed a healthy, though often times underdiscussed, aspect of the leadership journey. It is something called ‘leadership allergies.’ Which can be defined as an adverse reaction to that which is unhelpful to a leader’s development and/or ability to maximize their capacity. The more the leader cares about […]