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Life-on-life

Why Twitter Works For Me

Culture

I confess I began Twittering one month ago as a skeptic. My felt need for more info about more people doing more stuff was pretty low. But, as I mentioned here, I decided to give it a try for 30 days. I’m glad I did. Here are five reasons why: 1. I learn a lot, [...]

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5 comments Read the full article → July 10, 2009

Ask Whatever You Wish

Culture

Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing…. If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish and it shall be done for you. Jesus in John 15 I have a confession to make—we’re [...]

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Tagged as: prayer

0 comments Read the full article → April 24, 2009

Brokenness & Transformation: A Lent Meditation

Life-on-life

Our old bathroom had two rooms: one for vanities, the other a toilet and tub. Dark and confining. Functional not inviting. Cheap white tile and brown stick-on linoleum, green walls, pickled cabinets, bisque porcelain. Displeasing dissonance. All must go. Potential: Could it be better? Brighter? An afternoon with Jack, Travis and a reciprocating saw begins [...]

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Tagged as: brokenness, transformation

2 comments Read the full article → March 26, 2009

Becoming A Man of Prayer…Again

Life-on-life

In January 2003 I became a man of prayer. It happened in this way…. A few days before Christmas I had received an urgent phone call. A last-minute cancellation provided an opportunity to teach a week-long class on the Pentateuch to a handful of national staff members living in a creative-access country. I had another [...]

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Tagged as: prayer

3 comments Read the full article → March 6, 2009

Communication means Loving Well

Life-on-life

One of my core convictions is that Leading well is Loving well. Leaders end up communicating a lot: 1-on-1 and large groups, written and spoken, blogs and Facebook, texts and phone calls, formal and informal, face-to-face and over distance, planned and spontaneous. Yep, if you’ve got a burning vision you’re going to find an audience [...]

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Tagged as: communication

0 comments Read the full article → March 5, 2009

35th Spiritual Birthday

Life-on-life

On a Wednesday afternoon in a bank’s unused meeting room, one woman banged out some hymns on a piano while 40 some-odd kids followed along. A second woman then began telling stories from the Bible using a felt-board. Felt-boards were what people used to communicate before Velcro, Power-point, 3M sticky notes and cell phones were [...]

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Tagged as: felt-board, spiritual birthday

2 comments Read the full article → October 31, 2008

Growing in Self-Leadership

Leadership

One of the greatest – and most rewarding – challenges of any leader is to grow in conquering the towering mountain of Self. Contemporary culture and media thrive on selling Self-interest, Self-promotion, Self-preservation, and Self-indulgence. But those who lead well have mastered the art of putting others’ interests first. I am now three weeks into [...]

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Tagged as: faith, fruitful, growth, self-leadership

1 comment Read the full article → October 22, 2008