Reparenting and Ronald Reagan
Every once in a while, I'll use the phrase "re-parenting". I think of that when I meet someone who has had a really rough time in life and, most of the time by their own admission, could use some "re-parenting"…
When Words are not enough…
I wrote this to our William Jessup University Community (www.jessup.edu) this past week as we grapple with the pain of these hours: Dear Jessup Community, Words are not our first priority right now. Love is. Compassion is. Understanding is. Like…
Easter 2020: We are people on the Other Side of the Tomb
Holy Week that first century must have seemed like just another week under Roman occupation. Yet another insurrectionist had been tried and crucified at Roman hands; this one at the urging of the Jewish religious leaders. Everything, even in the…
Helping Your Church to Grow: Specific Leadership Barriers
Previous articles have examined structural and general leadership barriers to church growth. In this article, we want to examine some specific barriers for church growth at different sizes. Carl George & Warren Bird wrote the classic book on this topic,…
Grip-Grasp-Gifts: Keys to Life-Changing Leadership
I wrote this article several years ago when I was pastoring a church plant in NV that was a miracle experience: Lasting life change is what spiritual leadership is all about. Pastors and Christian business people often want to be…
Created to Create the Future
I'm a leadership guy so I'm always looking ahead to the future. Dr. John Richardson said when it came to the future; there were 3 types of people: 'Those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those…
Representing Jesus in Classrooms
The mission statement of Jessup University is: we partner with the church to educate transformational leaders for the glory of God. That mission is at the foundation and the heartbeat of all we do here at Jessup. For some, the…
Simplicity and Complexity for our Troubled Times
Former Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes is reported to have said “I wouldn’t give a fig for simplicity this side of complexity but I’d give my right arm for simplicity on the other side of complexityâ€. That thought has been rolling around…
The art of disequilibrium…
Written shortly after the election of 2016, it seems this article may end up being relevant again with sustained urgency: Virtually no pundits or prognosticators believed in a Donald Trump victory. And yet today, in mid-November of 2016, President-Elect Donald…
FIVE PROMISES ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF GOD
His presence brings joy “You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.†(Psalm 16:11, NLT) “I have told you this so that my joy may be…