Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing by Andy Crouch is an outstanding book. It’s one of those rare books that brings many dissimilar concepts together with one simple, yet powerful idea. In Strong and… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW:Strong and Weak by Andy Crouch
Watchman Nee is certainly a challenging and controversial figure on the spiritual landscape of 20th century Christianity. I know people who love Nee and his writings, and I know people who avoid his books like the plague. One thing is… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Love Not the World by Watchman Nee
Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick is about that negative internal dialogue we all deal with on a daily basis. Whether it’s the voice of insecurity, discouragement, fear, or condemnation, the dialogue can be crippling. Furtick’s advice is to “crash”… Read More »BOOK REVIEW: Crash the Chatterbox by Steven Furtick
Maybe I set my expectations too high for The In-Between, the new book by Jeff Goins, but I found it to be a disappointing read. Wrecked, another book by Goins, is an amazingly insightful and raw book about engaging this… Read More »AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: The In-Between by Jeff Goins
Trust. It’s the fuel that relationships run on. It’s the “currency” that every relational “transaction” uses. Like a solidly-built bridge, trust under-girds every fruitful conversation. Like a trusty weather balloon, trust lifts relationships out of the mundane of mere affection… Read More »Leaders trust
Where do all your great ideas come from? Good ideas aren’t born in a vacuum. They come from a mash-up of our experiences, circumstances, learning, wisdom, and probably a whole host of other elements. Ideas are molecules, not atoms. As… Read More »The truth about ideas [from the archive]
Management has gotten a bad rap in recent years. In leadership circles, “manager” is even viewed as something of a dirty word. Some articles and videos imply that management is tantamount to leadership sell-out. You have given up the high… Read More »Re-framing management
Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now lives and… Read More »One, but not alone
It’s short. It’s sweet. It’s timeless. It needs hardly any explanation or commentary. It applies to church leaders, politicians, artists, designers, Millennials, and especially Baby Boomers. “If the horse is dead, dismount.” Stop flogging that idea that just won’t seem… Read More »“If the horse…” [from the archive]