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When Your Scaffolding Won’t Support You

A strange thing catches people off guard as they get older. The rhythms and practices of self-care that used to support our well-being...

How Do I Lead into the Unknown?

I’ll bet you’ve joked, “Is that a light at the end of the tunnel or an oncoming train?” Leading the way through times of uncertainty...

Rest Before You Need It

You ever noticed that we equate rest with laziness and glamorize exhaustion as a symbol of significance? I sat with a group of pastors...

The Power of ONE THING

Every day every leader must find a way to cut through the fog and the clamor of the urgent in order to focus their attentions on what...

Overcoming Vision Paralysis

If you’ve read my recent posts on vision, you’ve heard me say I think Vision is a subject that has gone out of vogue among leaders. I...

How Can My Triggers Help Me?

We get triggered when our buttons are pushed and we become somebody we’re not or, at least, someone we don’t want to be. What if these trig

Holding the Tension of Joy and Lament

I used to think that seasons of difficulty and sorrow were temporary challenges interrupting the normal equilibrium of life. They were...

Starting Your New Year with Sustainable Perspective

While everyone is looking backward at the dumpster-fire-of-a-year we just finished, I want to offer a prescription for looking forward...

It’s Time for a Gratitude Challenge

It might seem a bit cliche to talk about gratitude during the holiday season. You might even be weary of what is often just flippant...

One of Our Biggest Questions :: Am I FOR or AGAINST?

Being a leader is all about choices. Big ones. Small ones. Forgettable ones. etc. One of those decisions--in a category all its own--is...