Husband. Dad to 5. Student Ministry Pastor. Follower of Jesus. Yatta yatta.

I’M THE HARDEST PERSON I’LL EVER LEAD

I'm 3 weeks into some new leaves I turned over in my own life and habits I am trying to change. The result?   I'm convinced that the hardest leadership in the world is "self leadership". Anyone can blame others for a failure.  Owning up to … [Continue reading]

MY KIDS ARE SPONGES

My kids are sponges.  Maybe all kids are.  But I'm acutely aware of my own.They soak up everything around them and everything I do. They watch me on my phone. They watch me drive.  They watch me talk.  They watch me fart.  They watch everything.Today … [Continue reading]

WHY WE NEED LEADERS AND MANAGERS ALL THE TIME

For a seminary class last quarter I read some article about leadership vs. management.  I don't recall where I read it or who wrote it or the real debate the article was about.  But I do recall this two sentence truth that has been mulling around in … [Continue reading]

MY DIGITAL LIFE OVERHAUL

So, I've been an apple user since before Apple was well, Apple.  I have never owned a PC... like I went to college with an apple IIGS.Yup. I'm that old.Anyway... I now have either an iphone, an ipad, or my macbook pro tethered to me pretty much all … [Continue reading]

DECLARING WAR ON FLAT SPACES

Ok, I confess.  I watched 40 minutes of Oprah while I was on my elliptical at home last Thursday.  It was all about being the best "you" that you can be.  They had a guy on there talk about personal health. Some guy talked about fashion tips and … [Continue reading]