Dangerous Prayer: Search Me

Growing up I always saw the Bible like a magnifying glass.  I would read it, look at the world, and judge people based on what I read.  It served like a magnifying glass.  The problem with that is you cannot see your reflection in a magnifying glass.  In college, my...

Dangerous Prayer… Lead Me

Peter grew up fishing.  Not the go to the lake and throw a line in the water.  Like fish all night in the cold with a net, this is my job not this is my hobby fishing. His dad fished, his grandpa fished, and his great grandpa… you guessed it… he fished. He...

Run to Win

I watch a couple of people race each other recently… Like backyard style, not on a track.  One person got ahead quickly but not by a lot.  It looked like they were set to win the race, then they violated good racing… They looked back to see where the other...

Desperate Faith

Last year, I took 4 interns to Colorado to climb Pikes Peak.  It is a 13.1 mile hike where you gain over 7,000 feet in elevation.  At about the 10 mile mark you go past the tree line.  Not much grows here so it is mostly rocks.  In the distance, there looked to be...

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...