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Every leader I know wrestles with the balance between work and family.  Every Christian leader I know wrestles with work and family in the context of living their life in God. Recently my coach offered a great analogy that has helped me put things in perspective. Any two legged form of locomotion, skiing, skating, rollerblading, [...]

As a graduate professor, I have determined that students in Ph.D. programs fall into two basic categories: doctoral students and students enrolled in doctoral programs. Doctoral students go beyond the call of duty, while students in doctoral programs simply answer the call of duty. Doctoral students are internally motivated; they are driven to make a [...]

I love maxims. Always have. Always will. Jesus was the master of maxims! He could say so much with so few words. I’ve always strived to not just love like Him and pray like Him, but also talk like Him! Sometimes the way to say more is to say less.

I grew up with electric fences and have recently put one in to allow our goats a larger grazing area.

Here are three life lessons – two positive and one negative – from an electric fence.

I’ve gone to a number of church planting conferences that feature plenary speakers who lead large churches who “planted” and “succeeded” in a big way. Maybe you’ve been to the same conferences. I put those words in parentheses because when you dig into their stories it is apparent many of their quick success stories make [...]

Did you happen to see the video by Jefferson Behke entitled “Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus” on YouTube? It depicts Behke rhyming about the purity of Jesus and the hypocrisy of the church. It argues that Jesus preached love, but religion is rigid, phony, and stale. He insists: “Religion puts you in bondage, [...]

It was one of those unusual moments in ministry. I received a phone call inviting me to come conduct Bible studies for a Filipino fighter named Manny Pacquiao. He was scheduled to fight Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas last November at the MGM Grand Hotel. Pasquiao is an 8-time world champion as well as a Congressman [...]