Kate’s bio reads: One of the youngest women to ever make homicide detective with the NYPD, Kate Beckett is a tough, smart, first-class investigator known for being a closer. She’s also gained a reputation as a detective who’s intrigued by the sort of cases that don’t fit neatly into a box. It’s a reflection of […]
Sometimes we confuse Christian leadership with church leadership. You don’t have to be in the church to be a Christian leader. You don’t even have to be doing a sanctioned ministry to be a Christian leader. A Christian leader sees people the way that God sees them, understands how their talents and strengths weave together […]
Did you know that the words you use will either connect you to someone or leave you hanging? One day I met one of our ushers in the church office. I asked him a simple question: How did you feel about Sunday?” This man is intelligent, and definitely has opinions, and he looked at me with a […]
You won’t actually have a TV character in your church this Sunday, but you will probably have several people who identify with Rachel. Rachel has the gift of hyper-focus. She can pay attention to minute details through one of the five senses at a time. She might look at something and zoom into the microscopic […]
I’ve been reading a new book, Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard. In this book, the Heaths talk about the elements of change. We can try to change things from the outside in, starting with the environment, but lasting change won’t happen until we hook the heart. Once the heart is engaged, […]
People like to have control. In fact, living “in the zone” is about control – the ability to do what we love. Studies show that people who have control over their schedules experience a much higher sense of job satisfaction. We are designed to do what we love. We are happiest and most productive when […]
Bill Harken is one of the characters on the television show Alphas. No, I don’t think you are actually going to have someone with superpowers at your church, but there will definitely be some people in your church who understand and identify with Bill. Will you be able to help Bill know God, see himself […]
As I drove home today, it hit me. We are again in grief season. Just about a year ago, my father in law died. Two years ago, my mother in law died in November. Three years ago last June, my sister in law started the avalanche. Grief is hard. It is also inevitable. Grieving as […]
Yesterday there was an article in the Wall Street Journal that caught my attention. It has a lot to teach us about how people experience change, and how we can help them through the process. For a quick overview of the main concept, check out this video: According to this study, people don’t notices differences […]
There are days and weeks where we feel like the world is dumping on us. Similar to New Orleans, we feel like storm after storm rages, and just when we pick ourselves up, another one hits. The thing that gets me is that throughout scripture, storms often accompany an encounter with God. When God spoke […]