The only constant in life is change. – Heraclitus of Ephesus Can you imagine being Abraham when God asked him to pick up his whole life (including his family, his businesses, etc.) and move to a foreign land? Talk about disruptive! By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place […]
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: In the local church, we all have a common opportunity. Each of us has a chance to positively affect the rest of us, through divinely good things such as encouragement and love. The best way to inspire change is to model it. We should strive for excellence in all we
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: A good church is a disciplined church. The end goal of discipline is PEACE! The best way to inspire change is to model it. We should strive for excellence in all we do, beginning at the leadership level. We are to deal with sin like a family. We keep it
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Compassion transcends our own circumstances. It is void of partiality because it is focused on the suffering of others, even when said suffering is self-inflicted. Compassion is not selective. You cannot lead if you lack compassion! I Don’t Like You – blog 9/20/25 “For all that is in the world—the desires of
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: If commitment, responsibility, and accountability are the end goals, then INTEGRITY is the means to ensuring you get there. Your greatest responsibility to your family is your SPIRITUAL leadership!!! Even the Best of Us Fail – blog – 8/16/25 Let us be inspired by the simple fact that the Lord,
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: If commitment, responsibility, and accountability are the end goals, then INTEGRITY is the means to ensuring you get there. Convictions (like most things in the spiritual life) are not transactional; rather, they are constitutional. Your greatest responsibility to your family is your SPIRITUAL leadership!!! Even the Best of Us Fail
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Hiding Behind False Nobility I’m hoping someday God asks me to write a book on this topic because it is so very prevalent and nuanced that it’s impossible to capture my thoughts in a single blog like this one. Please allow me to suggest a working definition for the term “false nobility” here – it’ll
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Lots of people aspire to leadership. Some never make it, while others are thrust into it unawares. I suppose in a perfect world, the right leaders would always be in the right leadership roles. But, as you know, this is hardly the case. Here’s my advice: To be a good leader, you must first be
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: The Empathetic Leader – blog 9/13/24 Great leaders are servants first. A servant’s first order of business is to tend to others. They are thrilled when others succeed and pained by their failures (ala Romans 12:15). We call this empathy.The Empathetic Leader – blog 9/13/24 True empathy implies sacrificial love. Great leaders
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I’ve often asked myself what it is, exactly, that differentiates a good leader from a great one. Are people born with certain leadership abilities, or are they developed over time? Are great leaders always the smartest in the room? Rarely. Are they the loudest or the most vocal? Sometimes, but that’s more of a personality
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