Scaling Up Excellence by Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao is a book about how to grow as an organization, and actually get better instead of worse. It is a book of amazing stories and practical takeaways. It is very… Read More »BOOK REVIEW: Scaling Up Excellence
Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick is about that negative internal dialogue we all deal with on a daily basis. Whether it’s the voice of insecurity, discouragement, fear, or condemnation, the dialogue can be crippling. Furtick’s advice is to “crash”… Read More »BOOK REVIEW: Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick
Why would a perfect, all-powerful God choose to use flawed people to advance His plan? How can God be both perfectly gracious and perfectly just while so much evil prevails? Will God’s unconditional love be negated when his conditional blessings… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Judges for You by Timothy Keller
Great thoughts from some great thinkers and doers. Enjoy!
Hey, watch this: As per usual, Pixar nails it; this time in area of leadership. Hopper’s right. If you assume leadership, you assume responsibility for team failure. All of the responsibility. It’s what great leaders do, and that’s why all… Read More »Everything is YOUR fault
Could it be a sin not to pray? I’ve taught on prayer too many times to count, and I don’t think I’ve ever taught THAT concept. I’ve told people they’re missing out on blessings. I’ve told them they’re missing out… Read More »Leaders, you’re a sinner if you don’t do this…
It’s short. It’s sweet. It’s timeless. It needs hardly any explanation or commentary. It applies to church leaders, politicians, artists, designers, Millennials, and especially Baby Boomers. “If the horse is dead, dismount.” Stop flogging that idea that just won’t seem… Read More »“If the horse…” [from the archive]
Risk is Right by John Piper is shorter in length than many of the sermons I’ve heard by the renounced author and speaker. It’s short but, in typical Piper fashion, it’s packed with superb biblical exegesis, convicting call-to-mission refrains, and… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Risk is Right by John Piper
Ron Carpenter’s The Necessity of an Enemy comes at you fast and furious. The chapters are really short. As in, two-to-three-pages short. The concepts are simply stated; like short jabs to the brain. The stories are real, raw and told… Read More »BOOK REVIEW: The Necessity of an Enemy by Ron Carpenter
“Grab the bull by the horns.” “If the horse is dead, dismount.” “Kill the sacred cow.” “There’s more than one way to skin a cat.” “A living dog is better than a dead lion.” “A bird in the hand is… Read More »Leadership and the ethical treatment of animals…