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The Advent season is a time to anticipate and prepare for the first coming or birth of our Savior Jesus. Mary would give birth while she and Joseph were in Bethlehem fulfilling an imperial edict that everyone under Roman rule, which certainly included the Jews, register in their ancestral home for the purpose of accurately […]

Ten years ago, my good friend Mark Miller co-wrote a book entitled, The Secret, with Ken Blanchard. The book was really an exploration into the idea of what great leaders know and do.  In the end, the secret of great leadership is simply this: great leaders serve. Mark’s many years in the Chick-fil-A organization, serving […]

Thoughts on the Advent Season In recent years there has been a re-emphasis of a sacred tradition on a much broader scale than families lighting candles at the beginning of church services during the Christmas season. This emphasis is on individuals and families, once again, observing the Advent season. The term "advent" comes from the […]

<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/106309870?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="650" height="366" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> Habakkuk 3:16-19 (ESV) 16 I hear, and my body trembles;     my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones;     my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble     to come upon people who invade us. Habakkuk Rejoices in the Lord […]

For the last ten years it has been my privilege to serve in one capacity or another, the vision of Student Leadership University. Everyday I wake up and I get to pursue my dream and calling  to challenge and equip a generation to think, dream, and lead at the feet of Jesus. One of the […]

I am excited to announce that Dr. Jay Strack has been nominated for the first ever John C. Maxwell Award and I want to personally ask you to be an encouragement to him! It has been my privilege to work alongside Dr. Jay Strack at Student Leadership University over the past ten years. I still remember […]

Two years ago, I was introduced to a gentlemen that would soon become an incredible friend. While sitting over a table full of fried chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes and sweet tea, I had no idea that our conversation would deeply impact the trajectory of our ministries. Dr. Ed Newton is a well-established preacher of […]

One of the first principles of leadership and ministry taught to me seven years ago when I officially came on staff at Student Leadership University was by Dr. Jay Strack. This principle was, “all of us are smarter than any one of us”. Simultaneously, the idea that we can accomplish more together than on our […]

The Bible is a story.Correction, the Bible is the grand story of the universe; it is the one story that gives all other stories their meaning and definition. I can recognize the bad guy or the hero in any story I read, hear or watch because another story, the Bible, has already defined the concepts […]

Learning to Use the Gift of ImaginationFrancis Schaeffer, a Christian philosopher and church leader who died in 1984, was a prolific and prophetic writer on Western thought and culture. One of his most popular books, How Should We Then Live.?, opens with these words:There is a flow to history and culture. This flow is rooted […]