Facing the Giant…

Have you ever stayed up at night because of a problem you are facing?  I know I have several times.  We hear a doctors bad news, a fight with family, a policeman who hands you a document, a moment that changes your life. In that moment, you feel completely...

How to Pray?

I was talking with a staff member at my church this last week and they shared how they are active in their Bible and worship, but prayer has been difficult to add. He works for a church and struggles with prayer.  If that is true in him, it is true with many other...

Developed or Discovered

I work with leaders from the age 13-60.  Many of them want positions of authority.  Some have had a lot of leadership experience and some none at all.  The most successful leaders are not the ones that are fighting for position but those who are quick to learn and ask...

Knowledge vs Wisdom

Have you ever had all the right information to make a decision, then you make the decision, and later find out that though you had all the right information you still made the wrong decision? A couple years ago, we found ourself with only one vehicle. We knew we...

City on a Hill

I was talking to a guy the other day and told me three times in the conversation how great of a leader he was.  I have learned over time that when you a good at something you do not have to remind people that you are good. Michael Jordan did not have to start a...