It’s too hard
I often tell my children, "Nothing worth doing is easy." I also say, "I like it because it's hard" (or fussy, demanding, challenging, technical, etc.).…
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Community
Authentic community is a function of relationships. A room full of strangers doesn't cut it. It's not enough for the leader to know everyone in…
Failure and effort
I'm a perfectionist. That means I have an irrational fear of failure. Engage if you're relatively confident you can win--or, at the very least, not…
Mirrors
"Don't imagine that I've been selected to go...because I'm anyone in particular. One never can see, or not till long afterwards, why any one was…
Aha!
If you ask educators why they do what they do--they'll give you two answers: First: NOT the pay. Second: Aha Moments. Premier educators are addicted…
Your one up
Good organizations want to retain their best employees if at all possible. As a budding supervisor I was taught that the number one influencer for…
One and many
"It seems obvious to say that I wrote this book. Mine are its ideas, its organization, its formulations. But that's a superficial kind of 'mine-ness.'…
Truth and love
"Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives…
Happy New Year, 2021
I realized last year that it's good to be on the same Bible Reading Plan and/or devotional plan with friends. You have a connection if…
Year end, 2020
Thanks to all of you who have been following this blog. It was born in July as an experiment to address several felt needs: To…