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Why should this generation care about the   WHITE SMOKE IN ROME     when they believe their future is going up in flames?       An open letter to the College of Cardinals from a Protestant who believes that what happens in Rome still matters, In this fourth quarter of civilization, we are […]

I made a wonderful discovery early in my faith, and I attempted to put skin on it and live it out as I continued on my personal leadership journey. Myaha moment is when I discovered that leaders were different in almost every area of their life!Leaders see the invisible … hear the inaudible … think […]

Americans loved to be terrified by free-roaming beasts, zombies, vampires and blood curdling screams. Haunted houses fill neighborhoods with the promise of a temporary fright that will chill your blood and race your heart. Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights, voted #1 for five consecutive years, takes its visitors into an epic level of horror entertainment […]

I drove my Chevy to the levee for some think time. Just this morning 13 unsolicited texts, emails, messages and pop-ups hid among important information in my phone with a unified theme – the promise of leadership success. There were a few variations like success in business, relationships, in wealth or power, but all of […]

In these final weeks of summer heat I know you are recuperating from an exhausting summer of ministry and mission events. (Im leaving tomorrow for my 12th trip of the summer with SLU students going to China).As you begin preparing for your launch of a new school year and for many a new church year, […]

It is hard to believe that one of the very first See You at the Pole events starts at Fort Myers High School in February 1971. In the midst of what is now the historic Jesus Movement, a handful of us decided that our school needed this new found faith we had just experienced. So […]

When I first heard the news that Dwight Howard had decided to stay with my Orlando Magic I had a strange sensation. It reminded me of the time when at the age of 12, I took a dare to ride the tallest roller coaster at the Florida State Fair 21 straight times. Man was I […]

I have come to the conclusion that the more things change; the more some things remain the same. In the days of the Bible, we have a familiar picture in which the elders, Sadducees and Pharisees sit for hours at the city gates debating and judging the motives and methods of those trying to heal […]

No doubt you have heard before about the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do to you. (Matthew 7:12) I want to also share with you the power of the Platinum Rule, found in Matthew 7:7: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and […]