Living From Your LifeCore

Living From Your LifeCore “Everything rises and falls on leadership. You, as the leader, the point person, the CEO, the Big Guy, the Big Dog — however you prefer to think of yourself — you and you alone can provide the inspirational leadership your church...

Experience Is Not the Best Teacher

Experience Is Not the Best Teacher During a presentation a few years ago, I mentioned I had to relearn some lessons along the way. One of the participants came up to me afterward and asked, “If you had to relearn a lesson, did you really learn it in the first place?”...

Born to Run

Born to Run “The problem with aging,” my doctor said, “is you never know you are over the hill until you arrive.” Then he added insult to injury. “You’ve arrived.” These words of wisdom came from the orthopedist who performed my shoulder surgery a few years ago. Now...

Unexpected Grace

Unexpected Grace I experienced Grace recently. Like you, I experience grace daily. However, this instance was a bit unexpected. My bride and I went to the pharmacy to pick up her prescription. We had met our insurance deductible for the year and the cost of the...

Begin the Ending

Begin the Ending Our Baby Girl began her final semester of law school this week. What a blur the last three years have been! Soon she will be, in the words of the Rugrats television series, All Growed Up. She has an excellent internship which she hopes turns into a...