The faithful Christian leader lives out of identity in Christ and points the flock to do the same.

Managing vs. Leading ... what's the difference?

If you think you’re a leader and you turn around and no one is following you, then you’re simply out for a walk (Anon).   Followership...

What's brown and sticky all over? ……………………………………………………….a STICK! (Sometimes called the world's funniest joke)   Combatting Stress Stress...

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood (Ralph Waldo Emerson). I love to read. There's something about...

Caveat: The following is a hypothetical conversation based upon many I have had over 18 years. "Chaplain," he said when I opened the...

Quite generally, the familiar, just because it is familiar, is not cognitively understood. The commonest way in which we deceive either...

Recognizing the fingerprints of others on our lives!

A bad boss is like a disease of the soul (Chetan Bhagat). Unusual Attitudes Dad was a pilot. As a child and into my late teens, I flew...

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have...

Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen (Louis L'Amour). Tales from the Wild West...

Putting off the problem is poor leadership and forces someone else to pay the price!

One quick step to leading with intention!

Identity and community only have real meaning when they add to others' success.

Quick tips for building much-needed community!

Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?) I really wanna know (who are you? Who, who, who, who?) Tell me, who are you? (Who...

Unrealistic expectations and inner peace

“Tea. Earl Gray. Hot” (Jean Luc Picard) Angry ... frustrated ... rigid--this is how my good friend presented himself the last few times...

The journey was long, and you are weary deep down in your bones. Your clothes are worn and your body scarred. You have struggled ....

Clouds     It's amazing the impact clouds have on the psyche! White and puffy, they instantly trigger my imagination as I see "lions and...