Identify Potential
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] And we’re off! I love college ministry, and there’s nothing like the beginning of the fall semester. I can sense the potential in the air; it’s almost palpable! One of the most important things I can do as a college ministry leader is to identify and raise up other leaders. […]
The Value of Empathy
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output][su_quote cite=Merriam-Webster Online]The feeling that you understand and share another person’s experiences and emotions. The ability to share someone else’s feelings.[/su_quote] I tend to be a simple black and white kind of guy. What’s right? Is this logical? Fortunately, I’ve been encouraged and assisted by family, friends, and the Lord to […]
Leading Through Tragedy
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] “There was a shooting last night in Orlando.” After hello, it was the first thing my friend said when I greeted him before the service this past Sunday. “Something like 50 victims.” The news brought sadness, frustration, and even some anger. Who? Why? Such a waste of precious life! Let […]
Extreme Ownership
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] The narratives were dramatic, moving, and a world apart from anything with which I am familiar, but the principles apply. That’s what I found with a leadership book I recently finished. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. I listened to it […]
Authorities: A Gift from God
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] True story from just a couple days ago… The person ahead of me was turning left on a busy, two-lane highway, so I slowed to a stop behind them knowing they’d be a moment before traffic was clear enough to make the turn. As per my usual practice, I turned […]
Time Matters
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] When it comes to leadership, one of the chief responsibilities is to identify and cast a clear vision. But then it keeps going, there is a need to strategize and manage, and sometimes we just need to jump in and do grunt some grunt work to show how something is […]
Showing Love
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] Called to Love [su_quote cite=”Mark 12:31″]You shall love your neighbor as yourself.[/su_quote] God is love. And we, His children? They will know us by our love. Sometimes I’ve struggled to love. I’ve struggled to empathize. I’ve struggled to listen, be kind, and be patient. When we fall short, when we […]
Time for Relationships
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] The Kingdom of God is all about relationship. Events and programming are important, often even a critical component of Kingdom growth, but ultimately it’s about people growing closer to Jesus and closer to one another. But life gets busy, and next thing I know, my relationships tend to consist of […]
#FinishStrong
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output][su_quote cite=”Hebrews 12:1″]Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.[/su_quote] Seasons Begin & Seasons End New beginnings, I love them! I’m very much looking forward to 2016. At the beginning of each semester, I can taste the potential thick in the air. But I’ve discovered I don’t […]
Divine Optimism
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] Whether it’s a school shooting, police violence, racial discrimination, campus rape, or the recent attacks in Lebanon and Paris, we receive an almost daily barrage of bad news. The world has always been broken, but with the 24 hour news cycle and social media it’s highlighted in our headlines and […]