Our old bathroom had two rooms: one for vanities, the other a toilet and tub. Dark and confining. Functional not inviting. Cheap white tile and brown stick-on linoleum, green walls, pickled cabinets, bisque porcelain. Displeasing dissonance. All must go. Potential: Could it be better? Brighter? An afternoon with Jack, Travis and a reciprocating saw begins […]
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Becoming A Man of Prayer…Again
In January 2003 I became a man of prayer. It happened in this way…. A few days before Christmas I had received an urgent phone call. A last-minute cancellation provided an opportunity to teach a week-long class on the Pentateuch to a handful of national staff members living in a creative-access country. I had another […]
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Communication means Loving Well
One of my core convictions is that Leading well is Loving well. Leaders end up communicating a lot: 1-on-1 and large groups, written and spoken, blogs and Facebook, texts and phone calls, formal and informal, face-to-face and over distance, planned and spontaneous. Yep, if you’ve got a burning vision you’re going to find an audience […]