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March 2018

March 05, 2018

Two Metaphors on Casting Vision

I was on the phone with a missionary recently and we were talking about the...

March 02, 2018

Who Can We Trust?

As one of the three things we can control, deciding who we trust is an...

February 2018

February 23, 2018

4 Essential Building Blocks for Newlyweds

The first few years of marriage are vitally important. Patterns are set, established, and reinforced....

February 21, 2018

How Self-Awareness Can Transform Your Life

When it comes to relationships, we are experts in the game of self-preservation. We build...

February 19, 2018

How Proper Definitions Can Save Your Relationship

We’ll try just about anything to salvage our relationships other than the thing that clearly...

February 16, 2018

The 5 Superpowers Us Mere Mortals Possess

Superhero adventure movies are all the rage. We can’t seem to get enough of them....

February 12, 2018

11 Signs You’re Living Outside Your Values

Am I just struggling or am I doing this wrong? It is hard to know...

February 09, 2018

5 Profound Reasons We’re Crazy About the Olympics

The Olympics start this week and we are ready to go bonkers for it. Why...

February 07, 2018

Why Human Trust is Essential to Vibrant Living

As one of only three things we can control, whom we trust is vitally important...

February 05, 2018

Circumstances are Nothing More than Terrain for the Journey

We give our circumstances too much power. We hand them the keys to the kingdom...

February 02, 2018

Everything That Matters is Rent-to-Own

In the beginning, we don’t own anything. We don’t get to decide what to wear...

January 2018

January 30, 2018

What the John Mark Dilemma Suggests About Spiritual Leadership

Reading through the Book of Acts recently, I’ve been fascinated with the dispute between Paul...

January 29, 2018

3 Faces of Fear

Fear is perhaps the most prominent negative human emotion. Ask any self-aware person what plagues...

January 26, 2018

3 Factors That Determine Your Perspective

There is nothing on this earth more important than perspective. The way we see things...

January 24, 2018

The Value of Suffering

My wife and I are going through a difficult time. We lost a baby to...

January 22, 2018

What Your Free Time Says About You

I am currently coaching a man named Tim, a missionary in Serbia, who learned a...

January 17, 2018

One Spastic Tourist Inspires My Vision

During my recent flight into JFK, an excitable tourist reminded me of the power of...

January 12, 2018

Six Tips For Engaging in Conflict Without Destroying One Another

Conflict is a good thing. It is the road to harmony and balance, paved with...

January 10, 2018

How to Defeat Porn

Sitting in Swaziland, a tiny country in Africa, surrounded by a group of extraordinary men,...

January 08, 2018

The Leader Games

When I signed up for The World Race, an eleven-country eleven-month mission trip around the...

January 05, 2018

The 5 Steps to Spiritual Nourishment

It is the greatest retort we can launch at our spiritual institutions: I’m not being...

January 02, 2018

Four Definitive Ways to Break Your Resolution Losing Streak

All over the world, as part of the tradition of January 1st, people are resolving...

December 2017

December 29, 2017

Don’t Waste Your Life

Earlier this week, my wife and I met a man named Kenneth. We met Kenny...

December 27, 2017

Why You Should Stop Asking God to Show Up

There is an extraordinary leader in Peru who is doing great things with his team...

December 25, 2017

The Only Three Things You Can Control

Our lives are a cash grab. And there is nothing more valuable than the currency...

December 22, 2017

Why We Need To Slow Down

Likely, when you think about the possibility of living in New York, you have one...

December 20, 2017

The Reason You Spend So Much Time Putting Out Fires

Putting out fires. Course correcting. Damage Control. Righting the ship. There are a dozen different...

December 18, 2017

Something We Should All Know About Leadership

Yesterday, I was watching a set of pigeons waddling around Washington Square Park. I have...