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Leadership Allergies: Part 1
It’s been said many times in many different ways, leaders have the ability to envision what could and should be, and then take the necessary steps for that vision to become reality. In other words: the kind that doesn’t settle for “good enough” the approach that believes no obstacle is too big the […]
Read MoreYou + 10= ____
My brother just crossed the Rubicon called your 40th birthday (sorry to rat you out bro but dang you are getting old)! Anyways, his wife asked those closest to him to write a letter that she would then present to him on the big day. I decided to write mine from the perspective of what I hope […]
Read MoreUnless
An open plea to rising seniors to become rising change-makers. I write this having spent nearly 20 years encouraging and equipping students to step foot on their high school campuses for the glory of God being unashamed of Jesus. Each year I encourage, try to ask thought-provoking questions, and seek to build up […]
Read MoreAlive and Free: Part 2
Here is Part 1 if you missed last week’s! So here is the question… What are you wearing? What are the grave clothes that you are bound up by? What is your ANYTHING that holds you back from EVERYTHING God has for you? See grave clothes are different for each of us. Just like […]
Read MoreAlive and Free
This week, from sea to shining sea, people will gather with family, friends, strangers, and neighbors to celebrate something indispensable to our identity as a nation… our freedom. For a moment, it will sound like kids running, laughing, and jumping in pools… It will smell like hamburgers and hot dogs coming in off the grill… […]
Read MoreDefining Leadership
What exactly makes someone a leader? I ask myself that question quite a bit. Maybe you do as well. John Maxwell has famously said, “Leadership is influence,” and he most certainly is right. Is there more? One of my favorite leaders in scripture is Nehemiah. I imagine that many of you are familiar with his […]
Read MoreA Letter to the Class of 2019
An open letter to the graduating Class of 2019, I write this from my office in Orlando, FL fully aware of the annual celebratory tradition called ‘graduation’ that is taking place across the country. Each year I sit in front of my glowing screen and tap away at the keys in hopes of encouraging, perhaps […]
Read MorePractical Dreaming
“WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR THE GLORY OF GOD IF YOU KNEW YOU WOULD NOT FAIL?!” Dr. Jay Strack declares in a booming voice. There you sit, in a sea of young, like-minded, optimistic leaders with thoughts running through your brain at an adrenaline-charged pace. Your mind races with floods of ideas or maybe one […]
Read MoreTo One End Alone
The boxes don’t fit anymore The categories have all gone topsy-turvy There used to be an invisible line Erased There used to be a code whispered among us Silence There was once a path made straight Crooked Competitive chaos now surrounds Hypocritical compromise now abounds Gone are the days of God and his ways Now […]
Read MoreWhere Have All the Peacemakers Gone?
Where Have All the Peacemakers Gone? The never-ending contentious environment that is the current state of affairs… The us versus them mentality that seems to accompany every issue… Justice being used as political bargaining chips… The truth being overshadowed by shouts and accusations… In a world of division, strife, boycotts, and seemingly every issue being politicized… I can’t help but […]
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