I received a phone call from an 800 number. The timing of this call was so unusual that curiosity led me to pick up the phone and see who could be selling or asking me for something so early in the mo...  Read More

Paul Young, author of The Shack, shared his favorite joke. I love what this story tells us about Grace. What an incredible gift we have been given! We are saved by grace, not by what we can earn or th...  Read More

Here are some things you need to know if God is going to use you to make a difference in the world. These thoughts are right out of the prophetic word from Isaiah 49:1-7 (Click on the link to read the...  Read More

When it comes to issues of pace, forward motion, and getting things done promptly, the Church generally finds itself on the slow end of the spectrum. So many good ideas never take off because we say, ...  Read More

When “Yes, Lord” Becomes “But, Lord” — Don’t Let Your Faith Stall Out“Now there was a believer in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, calling, ‘Ananias!’ ‘Yes, Lord!’ he replied...  Read More

History remembers Esther not only as a queen but as a courageous bridge between destruction and deliverance. In a moment when her people were staring down the threat of annihilation, she didn’t retrea...  Read More

Every so often, as I’m reading Scripture, a word or phrase grabs my attention—almost as if God is putting a divine highlighter on the page. Lately, one phrase has stood out: “the Spirit rushed.”You’ll...  Read More

One of the things that I love to do is to connect people. There are a few things I enjoy more. I remember the first time I connected two people and how good I felt about it. I must have been about 10....  Read More

One of the continual challenges as a leader, especially one who leads in the volunteer sector, is the need to empower people. Without empowering others, we not only limit our potential to make a diffe...  Read More

Dietrich Bonhoffer, one of the past centuries’ great theological minds, once said, "The renewal of the western world lies solely in the divine renewal of the Church".As I get more and more involved in...  Read More

Every leadership expert in the world knows that success never happens alone. We all know that if we try to achieve success on our own, we can only ever reach the limit of our capacity. We are all fami...  Read More

In life and the kingdom of God, there are two equal realities, the reality of “what is” and the reality of “what if”. We are all familiar with the “what is”. It is what we know, what we are comfortabl...  Read More