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When a Little Thing Becomes a BIG Thing
On my last post I wrote about the Bigger and Better game and how a little thing can become a big thing. I’ve been thinking about that and had some thoughts I wanted to share. Many years ago when I was a single staff with The Navigators I had the privilege of having breakfast with […]
How to Trap a Monkey
Recently I read about the best way to trap a monkey. A hunter will place glass jars with a narrow opening and fill them with some peanuts. The monkey will smell the food, find it and place his hand into the jar enabling him to take hold of it. The monkey will refuse to drop […]
Bigger and Better
When I was on staff with a campus ministry we played a game called Bigger and Better. You start out on a Saturday morning, meet, pray and give each team of two a very small item such as a nickel, pack of gum, pencil, etc. The objective is to go into a neighborhood or […]
The Temptation To Be Powerful
Inspired by Heni Nouwen… What is it that makes power so tempting? Could it be because power is easier than love? Jesus asked “Do you love me?” The disciple said “Can we sit at your right and left hand in the kingdom?” (Matthew 20:21) Since Satan in the Garden of Eden said, “The day you […]
The Temptation To Be Spectacular
Have people ever expected you to be a superman or superwoman, doing spectacular things in the name of ministry? The model marriage, model children, model walk with the Lord to start out with. Followed by ministry in the church, the community, and maybe on a national level. What about career success? Sometimes as a leader […]
God’s Presence
At the beginning of last year I taught a community Bible study called Enjoying Intimacy With God. My objective each week was to teach how we can know and experience God’s presence daily. This can be a challenge when God’s presence is often a hidden presence, one that needs to be discovered. The loud, boisterous […]
Humbled By Servant Leadership
Yesterday I shared how I have been reflecting on servant leadership. When I experience this Biblical principle in action it catches me off guard. Could that be because it is a contrast of what we often see lived out? Last week Todd called a couple of pastor friends to see if they might know of […]
A Reflection On Christian Leadership
Henri Nouwen said Jesus has a different vision of maturity. It is the ability and willingness to be led where you would rather not go. After Peter had been commissioned to be a leader Jesus confronts him with the hard truth that the servant leader is the leader who sometimes will be led to unknown, […]
Living in Your Comfort Zone
Today I was inspired after reading the following blog post by Mark Batterson. Before sharing it I want to say that I know how easy it is to stay in a comfort zone because it feels good. Coasting is easy. Yet I know from experience that God did not call us to be comfortable. We […]
Black Ice
A few days ago my friend Barbara had a car accident after hitting black ice. Before moving to NYC I had not heard of black ice. This is a clear or transparent patch of ice that is more slick than other forms of roadway ice and contributes to a massive amount of auto accidents, some […]
