Last week I reviewed Mark Batterson’s excellent book, Wild Goose Chase. I wanted to share a couple paragraphs from the book that had an impact on me. In his book, Mark refers repeatedly refers to the Holy Spirit as “the… Read More »The shrinking power of guilt
What’s in a name? Well, in the case of God, everything. Michael Neale’s excellent book, Your Great Name, walks through the many different names attributed to God in scripture. The framing device of the book is Neale’s popular worship song… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Your Great Name by Michael Neale
Busyness is not the same thing as effectiveness. In fact, constant busyness may actually be the enemy of true effectiveness. Why is that? Because making your mark—having an effect—on the world around you is not possible without intentionality, reflection, and… Read More »Busy or effective?
Check out my previous post “4 lessons I’m learning as a dad”. 1. Love is spelled T-I-M-E Quality time is not possible without quantity time. It’s simple: when I spend lots of time with my boys playing and talking, they… Read More »4 (more) lessons I’m learning as a dad
I love poetry. On a couple other occasions I’ve posted poetry on this blog (here and here). I’ve even posted some of my own poetry (here and here). Presenting language in the form of poetry causes us to consider it… Read More »The now on which the shadow stands
From The Price of Neglect (pages 104-105): “Dear Lord, I refuse henceforth to compete with any of Thy servants. They have congregations larger than mine. So be it. I rejoice in their success. They have greater gifts. Very well. That is… Read More »A.W. Tozer on comparing ministries
At some point you have to engage the problem. Roll up your sleeves and get to work. It’s valuable to circle around the issue; taking a few laps to see the problem from all the necessary angles. And then this… Read More »Leaving the fringe
This poem has a lot of relevance for being published in 1895. Despite it’s popularity, though, I don’t know how much attention has been given to the fact that it seems to be a father speaking to his son. It… Read More »Gaining inspiration for parenting and leadership from Kipling
It does no good to try and play someone else’s game. To try to live someone else’s life. To pursue someone else’s calling. You are you. You are who God created you to be. And this is your marriage, your… Read More »Play your game
Most of these ideas and quotes are from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. Required reading for leaders. Obviously. Liberty is more options to choose from in your environment. Freedom is more internal power to exercise… Read More »Thoughts on being proactive