Living Above The Norm

If I ever want to feel good about myself, all I have to do is log in to Facebook.  Once I’m in, a quick glance to the left and whatever temporal insecurities I may have been facing or whatever loneliness I may have been feeling vanish immediately… After all, I have nearly 700 friends.  Who [...]

Procrastination can be a tough thing to overcome, especially when it comes to our spiritual life.  After all, we have time to fix that, right?  Or better yet, “I’ve got some other things I need to get right before I deal with that.“  What’s worse is that often times when we do start to address [...]

Ever heard the phrase, “Picking the lesser of two evils?” This is a little different. I’m sure if I were to ask you to list your various roles and relationships in order of importance or priority each of you could give me some very good answers with little thought. It would likely start [...]

I recently came across a pretty cool site, Someone Once Told Me So.  Every day, give or take, they post a picture of someone holding a quote.  The premise is this, “Someone once told me… [then they fill in the blank]“.  I’ve subscribed to the RSS feed so I don’t have to keep going back [...]

Willow Creek’s founding and senior pastor Bill Hybels once said, “The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.” I couldn’t agree more. I believe that idea could be restated this way: the world depends on the participation of the local church [...]

Managing your finances can be a tricky thing. It seems like now, more than ever, people are being cautious of their spending. I’m always amazed at how “fiscally responsible” and frugal people can be when they start having more month at the end of their money. Why is it that we’re only [...]

In a country full of self-made men and home grown businesses, how is it that some people are at the top of their game – giants in their areas, while others are not? There has to be something unfair about the American dream. Do some people just have what it takes while the rest of us have to live with what we have? Here’s how I develop mentors and relationships to help me develop myself as a leader.

Maybe I’m just wired this way.
I can remember bringing my broken toys to my dad (he can fix anything).  On one occasion I must have been particularly distraught.  I remember him telling me this, “Son, if a man made it, a man can fix it.”  I remember being challenged by that.  I carried it into [...]

I’ve often heard it said that the two greatest days in a person’s life are 1) the day they are born, and 2) the day they found out why.
Who doesn’t want to know what their purpose in life is?  Authors and publishers have made millions off of people’s insatiable hunger to fill that longing, that [...]

Somewhere along the line, we became stuck in a rut.  Sure, we wanted to get better.  We wanted to grow. In fact, we even had meetings about how we could improve.  It wasn’t for a lack of great ideas.  There seem to be new ones popping up left and right.  Every book, conference, seminar, even [...]