Reflections
Usually brief. Hopefully helpful. Sometimes funny.
Contentment vs. Complacency
How do you be content without becoming complacent?
This is something I have struggled with for years.
I want ...
Maxim #34: Clarity Over Agreement
I first heard this phrase many years ago from radio show host Dennis Prager. He regularly brought guests on the ...
Maxim #33: Be Friendly But Persistent
I like being friendly to people. Truly. Maybe you do, too.
But does being friendly mean that we have to ...
Maxim #32: Keep Short Accounts
Most people can get along with most people most of the time.
Profound, I know.
The challenge with that ...
How Does My Faith Influence My Leadership?
I am a Christian. I believe the Christian story of reality is true. Really true, in the sense that it is true ...
Wait, Hard or Easy?
In a recent post, I encouraged everyone to choose things that are hard in the short-term, which lead to easier ...
Maxim #31: Short-Term Easy is Long-Term Hard
Why does the universe seem to be set up in such a way that the things that are easy often aren't good for us? And ...
What I Read in April 2026
Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks
This is a wonderful book about not only how to tell better stories, but how to ...
I Don’t Know
Along with "Will you forgive me", "I Don't Know" are some of the most powerful words we can speak, especially as a ...
We Are All Interim Leaders
In May 2019, I became the Senior Pastor of the church I had been attending for 21 years and working at for 9 ...
Maxim #30: Do Less, Better
I want to do lots of things. I want to do things well. I don't seem to be able to do lots of things well. ...
Maxim #29: Confidence Through Competence
Are you an imposter?
Do you pretend to be confident while inside you are a bigger, older tangle of your ...
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