There is a paradox to authenticity. When you start something new and different in your life you feel strange, like you are faking it, and you can even feel...
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room most ignore: diversity. Here’s the deal: my motivation for diversity in gender, race, age, and cultures in leadership is different from...
Moments ago, on November 20, 2014, the President of the United States announced that he would be making executive orders to give the opportunity for millions of people in...
The Wednesday after an election is usually one of brow-furrowing and finger-pointing by the losing party with chest-thumping and victory-speeches by the winners. In the middle of all this, I’m...
We all need to apologize from time to time. After a discussion with two of my children this weekend, one of whom was crying from a slap to the...
Over the years I’ve heard many people talk about the idea of making a life-map. At first I had no clue what that was or why anyone would want...
Missio Alliance posted an article entitled “Why I Learned to Stop Worrying About the Billy Graham Rule and Love Like Jesus.” I passed it on to some and a...
In part 1 of this series on why MY vision is not yet OUR vision, I addressed the investment problem: that all too often I am generating interest in...
As a leader from time to time I become frustrated that my vision for my organization has not yet become our vision. The “our” in that changes depending on...
During my graduate work and thesis on The Lord’s Supper I developed a clear conviction: The Eucharist is one of the great opportunities to offer a salvation commitment experience...
