What Else Do You Not Know About Your Parents? While going through their mom's belongings following her death, one of the brothers discovered an envelope buried inside her chest of drawers. Frail-looking, the envelope had an embossed seal across the back. Folded inside was a divorce certificate. "Did any of you know?" The question hung in the air. No one answered. One shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. Another looked stunned. Out of five boys, none of us had known about mom's first marriage. When mom died, she and dad had been married for over forty years. For some reason, she had kept...
What Else Do You Not Know About Your Parents? While going through their mom's belongings following her death, one of the brothers discovered an envelo...
It's dangerous to be a marriage counselor. In graduate school, no one warned you about the occupational hazzards ... neurotic housewives, inbred households, children with a high propensity to be the next serial killer. Dr. Earl Simkins once cared. He even took notes and nodded his head. These days, the only notes he takes are mental notes about where to eat lunch. He passes the time thinking all the things he wishes he could say but it would cost him paying clients. Twice divorced, his own love life is far from ideal. Ex-wives, former girlfriends, bar buddies. None would really qualify as a...
It's dangerous to be a marriage counselor. In graduate school, no one warned you about the occupational hazzards ... neurotic housewives, inbred house...
John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States, once defined leadership in these terms: "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." That's a great definition. You've probably heard that leadership is influence (thanks to John Maxwell). That's true. If you're not influencing someone, you're not leading them. Take Maxwell's definition and through it in the blender with President Adam's definition -- and you have a really good definition of leadership. Ask yourself the following questions ... Do the people I lead dream...
John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States, once defined leadership in these terms: "If your actions inspire others to dream more, le...
How would you like to lead a group of people that you did not want to lead in a task for which you did not volunteer? Welcome to the life of Moses. By birth, Moses should have been raised as a slave. Instead, he is raised in privilege in the most powerful household in Egypt. At the age of eighty, he returns to Egypt to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land. This book explores the leadership lessons we learn from the life of Moses. These include ...
How to overcome reluctance to become a great leader. What a leader sees that others may not see. The power of optimism. Why you need a...
How would you like to lead a group of people that you did not want to lead in a task for which you did not volunteer? Welcome to the life of Moses. By...
As a pastor, I have sat across from countless individuals - in my living or at Starbucks - and listened as they shared their longing to live for something more than what they were currently experiencing. The doldrums of life had sucked all the enthusiasm out of them. By coming to me, they were hoping I could wave a magic wand and suddenly fill them with inspiration and purpose. If I had asked them to sum up their current existence in one word, they might have said: Boring Routine Dull Drifting Meaningless No one sets out in life to live like this. None of us ever had a morning where we woke...
As a pastor, I have sat across from countless individuals - in my living or at Starbucks - and listened as they shared their longing to live for somet...
