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  • Checklists on the Path of Acting the Way We Ought

    I have two thoughts on behavioral checklists. One is about how central they were to the Wesleyan revival and the Holy Club at Oxford. The list was long and the accountability strong and it resulted in Methodism. The other was… Continue reading

  • You Actually Need to Consider These

    Stuff I Think You Need Because it burned a whole in my soul First, God speaks: Exodus 23:1-9 “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness. You shall not… Continue reading

  • Eye-Opening Is Dangerous

    “One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.” — Exodus 2:11 It was a day of awakening for Moses. It… Continue reading

  • Four Precious Girls

    I am consumed by this tonight and often, Our legacy is what it is. It never benefits us or anyone else to forget it or sweep it under the rug. There were four precious little girls who came to church… Continue reading

  • So, You Think This Is Hot?

    So, You Think This Is Hot! But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat,… Continue reading

  • Empathy and Leadership

    Why Empathy is Hard and Necessary in Leadership We all have different pain triggers and responses, physically and emotionally. But the universal truth is that we all experience pain. Is this a leadership concern? Does this enter into our business… Continue reading

  • Just Thinking

    I felt the need to think out loud and here are the results. Am I locked into this forever? Of course not. However, it is on my mind, has been, and will be. Third Party Summary of Zoom MeetingSun, Sep… Continue reading

  • Snakes and Stakes – Look and Live

    Are you afraid of snakes? Beware; there are snakes in this story. There is also a fair share of discouragement, bad attitudes, and poor behavior. There is also a salvation story, and a snake is involved in that too. Some… Continue reading

  • I Am the Fool … Sometimes

    Why and When? Why does the fool in me utter, “There is no God” as a gasp of windedness? When does that fool that I sometimes am do so? Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”They are corrupt;… Continue reading

  • We Remember 9-11

    We Have Not Forgotten We have not forgotten what happened on September 11 in our recent past. Now, yesterday, we have been reminded of the damage one bullet in the gun that is in the hand of a violent person… Continue reading