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September 2015

September 23, 2015

Hey, All You Forty-Something Parents! WE STILL ROCK! (Part 2)

Sophie was running ahead of me, talking to her friend on the cell phone, trying...

September 11, 2015

My Charity Work is More Degrading Than Yours: Lessons in Leadership from the Middle School Fellowship (2)

I’ll admit that leading middle school fellowship was not the most glamorous of choices for my...

September 09, 2015

My Charity Work is More Degrading Than Yours: Lessons on Leadership from the Middle School Fellowship (Part 1)

Here’s a valuable tip for those of you thinking about volunteering with your church’s middle-school...

August 2015

August 21, 2015

Forgetting to Remember God (#2 in a Series)

Continued from the previous post. But then again, maybe there’s more to it than just...

August 14, 2015

Forgetting to Remember God

I completely forgot about God for two entire weeks. I know, that sounds terribly unspiritual...

July 2015

July 19, 2015

Meditation for (Christian) Dummies: #4 in a series

Read about how I got here here, here, and here. So. I’m about five minutes...

July 16, 2015

Meditation for (Christian) Dummies: #3 in a series

Continued from previous post and the one before that. The word I chose to meditate...

July 14, 2015

Meditation for Christian Dummies (#2 in a series)

Continued from the previous post. It seemed like meditation could be an important spiritual discipline to...

July 10, 2015

Meditation for (Christian) Dummies

My mentor, Dr. Payne, suggested that I start meditating. He mentioned it one day as...

June 2015

June 13, 2015

27 Things To Do Before I Die

I've been reading the book "Becoming a Resonant Leader" (Harvard Business Press). One of the book's tenants...

October 2014

October 14, 2014

Six Ways to Take Your Micro-Sabbatical

My pastor recently took a three-month sabbatical. I imagined him sleeping in until ten every...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

Feeling Beat Up at Work? Three Great Ways to Manage Yourself Through the Stress

A friend confided that, lately, he goes home from work every day feeling like a...

March 2013

March 19, 2013

Do You Live to Work, or Work to Live?

I recently took a staycation – you know, that unique experience of spending vacation time...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

The Last Laugh

When was the last time you laughed so hard that you almost peed your pants?...

September 2012

September 18, 2012

He Finally Admits He’s a Writer

A couple weeks ago I was sitting in a circle with a small group of...

August 2012

August 07, 2012

How to Have an Awesome Morning Routine

Are you facing another bleary-eyed morning, scrambling to get to work, wishing you hadn’t indulged...

May 2012

May 21, 2012

It’s Almost Summer. Are You Having Fun Yet?

I once did an exercise for a leadership coach where he asked me to write out...

May 09, 2012

Stop Skimming Through Life

I sometimes feel as if I have been skipping along some superficial turf for the...

March 2012

March 13, 2012

A Near-Death Back-to-Work Experience

A few weeks ago my wife and I started up a small group thing at our...

March 03, 2012

Attention Overachievers: You Have Permission to Let Go

I can’t imagine where all of the slouches have gone. Almost everyone I know these days is...

December 2011

December 14, 2011

Take One Day Off Just For Yourself

I don’t know if it’s because I am getting older, but the days just seem...

November 2011

November 21, 2011

Four Reasons Why People Overextend Themselves

Last week I was asked to join yet another committee. I told the inquiring gentleman that I would...

August 2011

August 16, 2011

Vacation Avoidance Syndrome: Why Aren’t We Taking More Time Off?

On Saturday I will be departing for two full weeks of vacation, the first time...

March 2011

March 10, 2011

The Short Shelf Life of Your Spring Break

I am leaving soon for vacation, and decided this would also be a good time to take...

March 04, 2011

What To Do When You Are Completely Overwhelmed at Work

This post was published at Christianity Today's Faithintheworkplace.com earlier this week, which I thought makes it worthy of a repost...

January 2011

January 14, 2011

Finding Balance in a Full Speed Life

My daughter went on her first professional interview earlier this week. I had made arrangements for...

January 07, 2011

The Spiritual Value of Boredom

A young man from South America stayed as a guest with my family during the Christmas Holidays. It was...

December 2010

December 27, 2010

Six Ways to Take Your Micro-Sabbatical (A “Best of 2010” Repost)

I am just now noticing how severely neglectful I have been over this blog lately....

December 13, 2010

Attention Overachievers: You Have Permission to Let Go

I can’t imagine what has happened to all of the slouches. Almost everyone I know...

November 2010

November 30, 2010

Real Executives Don’t Blog

I went out to breakfast last week with some middle-aged man-friends from my church, and...