Stop looking for loopholes and just do what the Bible says.

The other day I was listening to a conversation about whether or not the Bible allowed someone to do a certain thing and I just had to laugh. People are always looking for a loophole in the Bible, they read something that they do not like or that challenges them to live a certain way [...]

Stop looking for the old Tiger Woods and the old You, THEY’RE NEVER COMING BACK!

I am a huge golf fan, I play it, I read about it, I watch it on TV, and I even dream about it (sad I know) Even if you’re not as addicted to the game as I am odds are you have heard about the saga of Tiger Woods if by some chance you [...]

Do you suffer from Messiah syndrome?

Yesterday I read a quote from Perry Noble that said: “when a leader refuses to allow his experts to be the expert…he will eventually have no experts left.” A big danger we face as leaders is believing that we are the only ones who know how to do everything. In my opinion the messiah syndrome [...]

Plug and play

Yesterday I talked about how your relationship with Jesus is going to be unique and that we need to be willing to look for Him and experience Him in a lot of different ways instead of just trying to fit Him into a form or mold. But then I also said that your methods might [...]

Do as I say AND as I do

Something that I am constantly challenged with in leading students is the idea that I need to be modeling the type of relationship with Jesus that I am challenging others to have. It is very easy to get up in front of people and TELL them how they are supposed to live but it’s a lot [...]

The no strings attached volunteer doesn’t exist.

One of the most important things about leading volunteers is recognizing that in order to really take care of that volunteer you need to do more than just care for that individual person. There is no such thing as a no strings attached volunteer. Everyone that you will ever have on your team represents an [...]

Who God really is

I saw this video on Doug Fields blog the other day and thought it was too good not to share. I wonder how we would live differently if we really understood the way God sees us.  

Be you, not me.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” This is a quote from Steve Jobbs but it is so true of our lives with Jesus. God has created us to be unique individuals, it’s our responsibility to find out what He has called us to. Question: If you were to tweet [...]

wait, what did you say?

Remember the game we used to play when we were little called telephone? The one where one person would start by whispering a phrase into the person’s ear next to them and they would have to pass it down the line until it got to the end and you would have to see if the [...]

Are you a slave driver?

“A leader needs to be sure that the people they are helping the people they are leading become someone greater and not just using them to accomplish a task.” This is something that I struggle with in a big way. It is so easy to treat people as our slaves and use them to accomplish [...]