Albert Einstein once said, “If I had 60 minutes to solve an important problem, I would spend 55 minutes on defining the problem and five minutes on the solution.” When it’s time to step up and lead, you can build the skills of self-awareness concerning your leadership style and mindset. When you know and understand … More Think Before You Speak: The Power of the Pause [Guest Post]

Growing up my dad taught me that the Bible was God’s love letter to creation. As I matured and encountered love in all its various forms, like friendship, compassion, the family unit, I began to realize just how true my dad’s description of the Bible is. Like many children who were raised in the church, … More God’s Beautiful, Eternal Purpose

Building a Discipling Culture, by Mike Breen and Steve Cockram is by far one of the landmark books on practical discipleship. The lessons in this work are so precious because they are the result of 30 plus years of life on life discipleship. Instead of focusing on the “ABC’s” of church measurement: attendance, buildings, and … More Practical Discipleship and Biblical Theology

For nearly five years I was actively involved in young adult ministry: two years as a discipleship trainer in a missional program designed to equip the millennial generation as modern-day missionaries, and almost three years as the College and Young Adult pastor at an evangelical megachurch. In both these ministries I would speak at conferences, … More Find Your “Sweet Spot” in Life

For those who follow the KISS approach to life (Keep It Simple Stupid), the word complexity can be a bit of a turn-off. Indeed, systems scientists have produced a vast trove of research and equations that inform various institutes and graduate programs. We don’t want to over-simplify complexity, but there is a growing body of … More Complexity [Guest Post] The Resilient Investor

Have you ever wondered how it is possible that two reasonable, intelligent, caring people can see the same set of circumstances and come to completely different opinions about it?  In politics, it happens all the time.  People who are otherwise very much alike in their feelings about people, in their concern for their community, and … More Why Do We See Things the Way We Do? [Guest Post] by Hyrum Smith