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Tips for a Great Sabbatical

From my back porch: Today I’m writing my first post/tweet/FB status update in over a month. The mallards and sandhill cranes that nestle on the pond behind our home don’t seem to notice I’ve been offline. This is day #29 of my sabbatical and I’m feeling pretty dialed in to nature. The verdict is in: […]

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God Works When We Don’t

Sabbath, noun, a period of rest. For the past 15 years I have enjoyed what I call “distance leadership” roles. Ministering over geographic and cultural distance taps into my gifts and passions. It also demands a lot of travel and emotional energy. In 2002 a number of challenges led to me to begin taking a […]

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Inbox Zero = Sabbath Rest

Sure, Hillary climbed Everest. But how often did he do this? How does one achieve such a blessed state? As with all great human endeavors, it begins with a compelling vision. In my case, this vision takes the form of “I want to go home every weekend seeing the bottom of my inbox. I want […]