Have you ever had a “melting season?” - When Hudson Taylor was young and in love, his heart was broken by the woman of his dreams. She didn’t want to go to China and live with him on… [...]
The comparison trap - Sometimes we look at what someone else has built, what someone else has been given, where someone else has been placed, and we begin to compare our own life against… [...]
3 encouraging signs that our afflictions are maturing us - “Let a Christian be but two or three years without affliction, and he is almost good for nothing.” This pithy statement was made by John Flavel toward the end of… [...]
When the tank is empty - There are seasons when the demands of life simply outpace our ability to meet them. Paul knew something about this. Writing from prison, he said: "…I have learned to be… [...]
Which way, O Lord? Making decisions in life and leadership - Do you ever wonder if you’re going in the right direction? In Psalm 25, David wrestles with this question: “Show me the right path, O Lord; point out the road… [...]
When people let us down - People will disappoint us. It's one of the quieter certainties of life, and the closer we work with someone, the more inevitable it becomes. What we do with that disappointment… [...]
Waiting on the Lord - Have you ever been in a season where you felt stuck? Not because of anything you did wrong, but simply because nothing seemed to be moving forward, no matter how… [...]
Watching out for “hurry” - It's rarely a crisis that pulls us away from our deepest intentions. More often, it's the back-to-back demands of a full life that slowly crowd out the things we care… [...]
The harvest you can’t see yet - There are seasons in life when nothing seems to be working. Efforts that should have produced fruit haven't. Prayers prayed for years still haven't been answered. People poured into have… [...]
The real bottom line - Every leader I know tracks numbers. Revenue. Attendance. Headcount. Growth. There’s nothing wrong with that. Data matters. But here’s a question worth asking every day: What am I really optimizing… [...]
