Leaders are writers
It's amazing how often you hear leaders advise leaders to write. To carve out time, to make it a habit--to keep trying to improve. Why?…
It's amazing how often you hear leaders advise leaders to write. To carve out time, to make it a habit--to keep trying to improve. Why?…
"The feeling of being owed will destroy our ability to do generous work....""It draws our eye to the mirror instead of the work....""Gratitude isn't a…
C.S. Lewis, in his novel, Prince Caspian consistently portrays Peter (The High King) as chivalrous--a brave, competent, humble warrior who conducts his life according to…
If you're a leader, you're in a different category--one that by definition automatically has fewer people in it. Sometimes this comes at a surprise. When…
I'm currently reading Dane Ortlund's, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers. I love it. It's not terribly long--written in a…
There's a joke about what could survive Nuclear Fallout: "Cockroaches and Twinkies." Cockroaches, because of their unbelievable hardiness to endure--extreme cold, depleted oxygen, scarce food,…
Martin Luther, in his Table Talk, lists properties and virtues that "a good preacher should have." Teach systematically.A ready witEloquenceA good voice A good memoryKnow…
The best argument for Christianity is Christians: their joy, their certainty, their completeness. But the strongest argument against Christianity is also Christians--when they are sombre…
"I thought you were going to teach us rules, and steps, and plans." "Annabelle, rules and steps and tips and plans will make you old…
“The healthy Christian is not necessarily the extrovert, ebullient Christian, but the Christian who has a sense of God’s presence stamped deep on his soul,…