Sometimes life throws curves at us that take the wind from our sail.  If we aren’t careful we can allow the injury to haunt us for life; never regaining what we have lost.  Have you lost a job recently?  Have you had a business failure?  Did you suffer from divorce?  Has the person you trusted [...]

I’m a dreamer. I always want to do more with life.  I believe dreams are a healthy way to stretch the mind, keep a person growing, and even stay emotionally healthy.  (“Where there is not vision, the people perish.”)  On a recent plane ride I jotted down ten goals that I still have for my [...]

After a break to do another study centered on our church’s desire to serve others, my community group went back to reading “Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren this week.  In Session Three we offered some challenging questions to supplement the reading.  I think these questions are worth all of our consideration as followers of [...]

Some of the best success in my life has often come after times of the greatest failures of my life.  I have lived long enough to experience success and failure repeatedly.  When I have occasion to minister to those experiencing times of failure, I’m able to assure them with confidence that the failure they experience [...]

I’m in a dreaming stage again. I usually get nuggets of ideas from conferences or individuals and shape my own vision from the little pieces of information I hear elsewhere.  This week I’ve been flooded with ideas so that my head is exploding.  Since I always want to dream big dreams, (because I don’t think [...]

What does it take to grow a company in today’s business environment?  I observe the business world these days and it seems there are plenty of opportunities for rapid growth, but there doesn’t seem to be as much staying power for an individual company.  An idea or product can quickly catch on, but after a [...]

Every believer wants to hear from God. We want to know “Is this God?” “Is this what He is telling me to do?”
We often listen for the grandiose voice of God and sometimes God speaks that way, but many times God is more subtle than that. Often God speaks through those quiet moments, through other [...]

In the modern workplace, information is the power to help employees have the motivation to succeed and reach the vision of an organization.  Unfortunately this is missing in many organizations today.  Information in the form of the company’s goals, future plans, and the mindset of executive leadership is what fuels a sense of ownership and [...]

We have some funny people in our church…and perhaps some with too much time on their hands.  Have you seen the Ron Edmondson for President Campaign?  Even I thought this was funny! 
 
Who knows?  I’ve said publicly that even me, the usual politically savvy guy, was confused this year.  Maybe this will catch on. 

This morning on the radio we looked at Psalm 119.  I love the heart of the Psalmist. It seems from reading that he has had a taste of the goodness of God and of following His ways and he is vowing to never walk apart from a life of devotion to God again.   That’s the [...]