Reading is always important for believers and ministry leaders, but with events canceled and sports missing from our lives because of the Coronavirus pandemic, this is an especially great time to read. And to read more than we normally read. Instead of passively streaming more hours of movies and shows, actively read more during this…
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New Year, Already New
As a new decade has begun we are bombarded with messages encouraging us to adopt new habits, try new diets, commit to new exercises, and make new commitments. While many of these new commitments can be good, the whole “new year, new you” message can be rather exhausting. A few weeks in, and we can…
About “Your Truth” and “My Truth”
Words matter. We deploy them to communicate, to capture what we are thinking, feeling, and sensing. Words can build people up or tear people down. Words can divide or they can unite. Leaders know that the leadership axiom “words create worlds” is true, that the words we use in our ministries and organizations create the…
College Freshmen: Don’t Forget These 3 Things
It is that time of year! Fall marks a brand new beginning for over 2 million college freshmen. They graduated high school just a few months ago and are now entering college. Increased levels of freedom and responsibility mark the change. I remember how massive the change was. For example: compared to the previous year,…