2020 will be a year for the record books. Many things caught people by surprise. Some aspects of the year were truly alarming. For people sensitive to eschatological issues, it provided a goldmine of signs, prophetic allusions,...
Chris Anderson, TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking (Aff). Boston: Mariner Books, 2016. 269 pages.
This book is particularly helpful for public speakers. TED Talks has...
Andy Stanley, Irresistible: Reclaiming the New that Jesus Unleashed for the World. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Reflective, 2018. 332 pages.
Full disclosure. This book is challenging for me to review...
A.W. Tozer claimed, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” Your view of God affects every aspect of your life. When you contemplate God, what is the...
Tod Bolsinger, Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory. (aff.) Downers Grove: IVP Books, 2015. 269 pages.
Near the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a good friend recommended...
“What is your vision?”
People ask leaders that question frequently. Whether for their personal life or their organization, leaders are expected to have a long-term vision for where they are going. But I am...
The Problem
Another unarmed African American man was killed by a white policeman, and the nation is in turmoil. Such acts cause the African American community to wonder whether any amount of time,...
When a pandemic struck the entire world, state governments decreed the unthinkable: churches couldn’t meet publicly. Many leaders panicked and urged their people to hold on until things returned to normal. Other pastors improvised. They began livestreaming...
Anyone who knows me will laugh when they see my name attached to a blog about gardening! Whereas I know a great deal about leadership and people frequently ask me to speak and write on the topic,...
George Bernard Shaw once mused, “There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?” World history is largely the tale of...
