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...
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...
Matt Walsh is a good writer and a bombastic type that “makes you think” – I appreciate his writings for that. However, his recent post “Isn’t it mean and...
The other day I had a meeting with missionaries from Europe and the Middle-East who were in town. Naturally they wanted to meet at Cracker-Barrel, which has yet to...
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...
Tonight kicked off the Festival of Spiritual Formation 2014 Event and part of my emcee duties was to introduce Steve DeNeff. My intro was, let’s say: unconventional. Maybe even...
You may have heard of a minister who received special immigrant status. Raul Rivera from StartCHURCH covered this and explained it in an article posted May 12, 2014. The...
Scriptures pair the highest invincible qualities and titles of God with compassion for the lowest and vulnerable among us…. “For the Lord your God is God of gods and...