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Staying Focused, Jude 1:24-25
Adulation and adoration are THE great temptations for every leader (and follower). We begin to believe our own press and perseverate on our strengths and talents. This tunnel vision induces self-aggrandizement, causing leaders to lose focus on their values, their morals, and their ethics and, lemming-like, to follow that path off the cliff of self . . . .

Kraig Smith
Aug 4, 20255 min read
Avoid the con! (Jude 1:17-23)
Five tools to avoid emotional flooding and manipulation

Kraig Smith
Jul 28, 20256 min read


The Con Artist, Jude 1:12-16
Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions--Niccolo Machiavelli

Kraig Smith
Jul 21, 20254 min read


Called, Cherished, and Kept (Jude 1:1)
The faithful Christian leader lives out of identity in Christ and points the flock to do the same.

Kraig Smith
May 12, 20255 min read


Trading Dreams for Reality
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood (Ralph Waldo Emerson). I love to read. There's something about...
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Apr 7, 20253 min read


Who ARE you?
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...

Kraig Smith
Jan 20, 20253 min read


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

Kraig Smith
Dec 30, 20241 min read


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

Kraig Smith
Dec 23, 20244 min read
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