Inevitable: a situation that is unavoidable. The word for the day is “inevitable”. Many are shocked and surprised when leaders fall, tragedy happens, and bad news comes in like a flood. I am not shocked or surprised. It is inevitable. Like reaping and sowing. People without a teachable spirit or a humble heart, who…
Chuck Todd said it right this morning on Morning Joe concerning the training of police officers “How do you train racism and bigotry out of someone’s heart? “ The answer is: you don’t. The answer is the same for everyone, police officers, parents,, teachers, and youth pastors: We don’t need more training, we need more…
Yesterday I shared the joy of missing part of a youth event and allowing my leaders, students and adults, to lead. In effect I am decentralizing leadership and working myself out of jobs I no longer want to do to focus on my new job description of creating and dreaming for the future. Does the…
The picture you see above is the climb I almost didn’t make. Our youth ministry got back from a mission trip to San Jose, Costa Rica. As with any trips, we had a free day and our free day included a Zip Line. I was super excited about doing this because I knew it would…
We can think of a Sunday morning and of church as a have to, if we are Christians. But what if we thought of it as Declaration Day. The image that conjured this article was a the song/album but The Alarm called Declaration. The album is packed with anthems decanting what is and what…
I’ll be honest. I usually hate these viral stories. They get on my nerves because I see it everywhere. My Facebook and Twitter Feed get clogged with the video itself and all it’s renditions.I should have thrown up when Kohl’s sent her a ton of Star Wars stuff to here and her family. I…
Sheryl shares the three P’s—personalization, pervasiveness, and permanence—that are critical to how we bounce back from hardship. The seeds of resilience are planted in the way we process the negative events in our lives. Personalization – Not everything that happens to us, happens because of us. Pervasiveness – This will effect every…
We have two ways to travel, by trains or dune buggy. Trains are predictable. They have scheduled stops. You may even arrive on time but you have one problem, tracks. If you want to go “over there” you can’t. You have to stay on the tracks. One other thing. you are not the conductor. You…
Consider all the unlikely biblical characters God chose in the Old Testament Abraham and Sarah to have children beyond their years David a shepherd Moses a murder Gideon a coward Samuel a child Jonah the runaway Joseph a teen Jacob the liar and then who Jesus chose in the New Testament Fishermen Lepers Mary the…
Just saw an article on Mashable.com about Daisy Ridley extoling the values of being yourself, and I applaud her. Daisy posted a picture of herself on Instagram without make up and with no filters. Feelings create the need to filter. Feeling unworthy. Feeling lonely. Feeling disrespected. I tell my students all the time, “Feelings are…
