My son Caden looked at me recently and asked, “are you 81?”. I laughed. Then I cried. Then I looked in the mirror. Do I look 81? Wow. I’m not 81. Aging is interesting. When I was young, I remember always wanting to be just a bit older. If I could just reach the next
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Comments Off This is a post from Real.Simple.Thoughts. - a blog written by my wife Tonia. This week I was able to sit and listen to a lady who shared her story with me. When she was done, she said, “and I am very happy.” She looked happy, but her life story wasn’t one that everyone would
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Comments Off I recently read a book called Great Leaders Grow. I found it to be interesting, challenging, and helpful. “Growing for a leader is like oxygen to a deep-sea diver: without it you die. Unlike the diver, you may not physically die – but if you stop growing, your influence will erode, and over time, you
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So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into
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Comments Off Thought #1: Leaders are intentional with how they interact with people. They don’t have the “let me serve people part,” and then a “leave me alone – I’m taking a break” part. Every part of their lives should be weaved together into a tapestry of significance. Thought #2 : Look for the next, right thing
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Opportunities often come in strange packages. The very “shame” that you hate, could be the very thing God can and will use to help others find Him. Will you let Him? No hiding. No excuses. No running. No blaming. No compromising. Get real with God and others and allow your failures to be something that
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