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June 2019

June 24, 2019

Finding Your Way When Circumstances Cloud Your Vision

It has been rainy lately here in New York and it reminds me of the...

June 07, 2019

How to Navigate Seasons of Transition

Every relationship (every person) goes through seasons of transition. We move. We become engaged, get...

June 03, 2019

How to Make a Choice

I was reading a book recently that talked about Adam and Eve’s choice in the...

May 2019

May 15, 2019

Abundance Redefined

Humans are made for abundance. But the question is “an abundance of what?” Life’s greatest...

April 2019

April 24, 2019

They Are Hurting Just As Much As You Are

One of the side-affects of my patterned thinking is that I start to think the world revolves...

April 22, 2019

In The Clefts

There is a story in the Bible where Moses asks to see God’s glory. The...

March 2019

March 22, 2019

The Stories We Chose to Tell

For a couple years, we have been working with Servant Leadership talking about the cross-section of character...

March 08, 2019

How to Escape The Victim Circle

The Two Circles are about the blurred lines between freedom and control. In our attempts to...

March 04, 2019

The Greatest Obstacle to Utilizing Influence

We all want to live a life of purpose. We want to empower our institutions...

February 2019

February 15, 2019

The Flow Of Influence And The Power Of Perspective

One thing that fundamentally shapes how we think, feel, and believe is our perspective on...

January 2019

January 16, 2019

The Gap Between Expectations and Reality

Expectations are a tricky thing. On the one hand, it is healthy to expect certain...

January 09, 2019

How To Tell The Difference Between Fact and Truth

Seeking truth is a complicated struggle. Trying to discover what is real and what is...

December 2018

December 26, 2018

5 Things That Impair Our Vision

One of the best parts of being a New Yorker is walking around the city....

November 2018

November 28, 2018

The Relationship Between Values and Vision

Two of the most important arenas for humans to engage are their values and their...

November 26, 2018

Does Your Life Vision Measure Up?

There is nothing that drives the trajectory of life more than vision. Where we are...

November 05, 2018

The Copernican Revolution Your Relationships Need

The relationships we are in often carry some assumptions. We have our own way of...

October 2018

October 22, 2018

How Our Perspective on Community Has Gone Off The Rails (and How to Fix It)

The world is a diverse and complicated place full of diverse and complicated people. We...

September 2018

September 26, 2018

Why Your Choices Matter

Every day, we face a myriad of choices. They flash and jump and shout in...

September 21, 2018

The Promise of Today

There is something significant about the start of a brand new day. The deck reshuffles....

September 17, 2018

Rejection is a Refining Fire

Deeply seeded in each of us is a fear of rejection. We wear it on...

September 07, 2018

Responsibility, Control, and When to Let Go

We humans have an uncanny ability. Somehow, we try to control too much. At the...

August 2018

August 31, 2018

The Fear of Death

As we journey through the vast terrains of life, a pilot emerges. The thing driving...

August 22, 2018

There is No Rescue From The Arena of Circumstances

When painful circumstances strike, we all have the same initial impulse. We’ve got to fix...

August 20, 2018

3 Ways to Get Out of a Funk

It happens to all of us. Life is flying by, swirling around us at a...

August 15, 2018

Searching for Narnia in New York City

I’ve been searching for Narnia my whole life. When I was a kid, my parents...

August 08, 2018

The Relationship Between Thought and Feeling

Any given day, there is a lot swirling inside of us. There are a few...

August 03, 2018

How Choosing Your Attitude Can Change Your Life

As one of the three things we can control, choosing an attitude is a vital part...

August 01, 2018

How Selfishness Destroys Relationships

Relationships are essential to human living. We find (or inherit) people who become close to...

July 2018

July 27, 2018

Why “More” Will Never Be Enough

John Rockefeller, a billionaire in the early 1900’s, was asked, “how much money is enough?”...

July 20, 2018

How a Little Newness Can Transform Your Perspective

We moved to New York City two years ago. It has been nothing short of...