Why is it that every time I order food I hear something like: “Would you like that Super-Sized?” “Will that be small, medium or Large?” “Lunch or dinner portion?” “Do you want to add a side for just …?” or my favorite “Tall, Grande or Vente?” Sometimes the most difficult decision in ordering food is choosing the size you want…
REVERB is an incredible all-night student event. More than 1,000,000 students have attended this event (formally called Superbowl) and there have been over 100,000 recorded decisions for Christ. This year REVERB will be held in twenty locations nationally plus several more in Canada. The night kicks off with a sporting event, some even connected with NHL and NBA teams. This…
Visionary leaders are people who see farther, more and before others. The quality that makes a visionary leader worthy of following is character. As a freshman in college I heard Dr. Jerry Falwell say, “Character is what you are in the dark.” I have pondered that statement many times when faced with the urge to live a life of duplicity.…
Visionary leaders understand that “Leadership is a team sport.” A leader with vision minimizes their impact if there is a failure to communicate that vision. In Vision Part 1, I addressed The Upward Component of the Biblical leader Caleb. He was a man with a big vision who depended on and obeyed God. In Numbers 13:30 and 14:7-9, we see…
For the last twenty years or more we have scrutinized the Millennials. Their positive and negative characteristics have been paraded across the airwaves and written page not to mention the plethora of blogs. Now they can either feel neglected or relieved as some of that attention is turned toward the “Plurals.” If the term “Plurals” is new to you, it…
Leaders without a vision are not only aimless but can be dangerous because others are following them. Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus in their book Leader: Strategies for Taking Charge said it this way, The absence or ineffectiveness of leadership implies the absence of vision, a dreamless society, and this will result, at best, in the maintenance of the status…
“GEMS,” was trademarked as early as June 2012 by XO Group. Over the last couple of years, millennial women have made it into an art. However, perhaps it was the gathering of marketing and research executives in late June of 2014 at the offices of TIME Inc. in New York City that placed the real spotlight on this sub-target. This…
One of my greatest blessings is working with people who are my friends. It is also a blessing when you can say that about a director of your ministry. Dr. George Theis was a former Director of Word of Life Fellowship and he was my friend. On July 2, 2014 he went home to be with the Lord. As I…
Today I am taking a break from my normal blog to direct you to the memorial page for Dr. George Theis. George is one of our former Directors and a friend! Please take a few minutes to read about his life. I will be blogging on Thursday about “Five Principles I Learned from a Friend.” I want to share some…
I always thought people who had been in ministry for forty years were old, until my wife Betsi and I joined their ranks. Now I have changed my mind. I am formulating a new perspective about us, one that not only appreciates the past but looks to the future. Forty years does not sound nearly as long when you say…