Leadership is a multi-faceted endeavor. In recent years, emotional intelligence has been advancing in research and application within the realm of lea...
I like R.E.M.
I like a lot of rock music and R.E.M. is one of those bands with lyrics that go deeper than many. Do you remember their classic song Losing My ...
“Are you comfortable with the adventure rafting trip?”
Uhm…define “adventure.”
The guy at the National Whitewater Center ticket counter only told me that ...
This relatively new form of “double speak” is now one of the most widely believed and enforced in those very lands where freedom of speech was fought for almost...
I recently had a chance to speak to a group of over 150 senior scholar athletes from several high schools around Southwest Michigan who had earned over a 3.25 c...
With nearly 40 years of professional ministry, I’ve learned that it is important that I have some rules. These are not because all folks step over the line or p...
I had the opportunity to address the Training Squadron (MATSS-1) during their "Back in the Saddle" briefings. It's the standard briefings Marines get after a ho...
“Round and round she goes…and where she stops, nobody knows!”
(The Original Amateur Hour radio show, 1934-1945)
There is perhaps nothing that reveals the su...
These Sheep Bite: A Fearless Guide to Church Leadership
A Book Release from Theology Mix
We are excited to announce the upcoming release of These Sheep Bi...
What's a nice guy gotta do?
Whenever discipline is suggested as a possibility in dealing with chronic problem members, those who have an obvious, malevolent ...
Many times (more often than not), people elected to serve on Pastor Search Committees don't have the experience, nor are they trained, to know what questions to...
"This is not good!" Moses' father-in-law exclaimed. "You're going to wear yourself out-and the people, too. This job is too heavy a burden for you to handle all...
