Tag: Blogging
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Photo Friday: A Mere Speck
Last weekend my son invited me to go off shore fishing with him and two of his friends. We left early in an effort to try to beat the heat. It’s been brutally hot this year in North Florida so getting out early really helps. While riding out as the sun was coming up and…
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Six Ways The Church is Missing the Boat
I hate when I miss an opportunity to do something great. Something that will result in real change. Many times these opportunities will just present themselves and then be gone in an instant. I feel like the Christian church is at a time when She can be a real force for good. The Church has…
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The Power Of Your Story
Yesterday, we visited a women drug and alcohol rehab center in Alajualita to minister to the women at the center. Kathy had been there many times, but this was my first visit. During our time at the center, our group shared some of our own personal stories of addiction, rejection and shame. As we…
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Photo Friday: Walking in the Clouds
This is a picture I took about 8 years ago in Costa Rica while on a mission trip. I shot this picture while walking on a mountain above the central valley above San Jose on a magical and verdant ridge that connected two mountain tops. Have you ever walked in the clouds? Most folks will…
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The Mad Scientist
I used to work for a boss who liked to do experiments. He wasn’t a scientist and the field that he was experimenting in was management. He would actually conduct experiments with people. He would do things without their knowledge and then see how they reacted to it. One of his self proclaimed tests was…
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Trust is the Glue
The power base of any cohesive and unified team is trust. If you believe in your people and you have confidence in their abilities and decision making, it has a way of multiplying the impact of the team. You are, in effect, advancing your leadership to all of your team members. Leaders often have a…
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Angry, Cool, Weird and Stupid
Ah, here we go again- another election cycle! I used to really enjoy politics. Political science was a favorite of mine in school. I love the unique characteristics of politics and the history that goes along with it. But I can tell you politics is not something I care for anymore. I really dislike the…
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Twenty Questions
One of the most common management practices is to enter the office of your report and after a few little icebreakers, begin to fire off the questions: Is the project on schedule? Have you handled the budget overrun? Were you able to engage a vendor yet? Did you fix the issue with the client? And…
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The Hero and the Villain
A good action movie or a novel generally has these roles. The villian is the dark and scheming character who is struggling to get what he wants in an unscrupulous way. The hero is the character who is on the right side of things. The hero struggles with the villain and his schemes and works…
Leading by Serving 