We all need milestones. They help us face our future with confidence. Samuel the prophet, after the Lord gave God’s people a great victory, took a large stone and placed it between the towns of Mizpah and Jeshanah. He named it Ebenezer (which means "the stone of help"), for he said, "Up to this point [...]
I am taking a break from my regular blog on leadership this week to share with you on a more personal basis. My father was taken to the emergency room on Sunday and we were informed by the physicians that he has stomach complications, which will force him into a nursing care facility near our [...]
We are in a crisis. Thousands of followers of Jesus are lacking spiritual fathers and mothers. In my book "Authentic Spiritual Mentoring," I give story after story of young men and women in our generation looking desperately for spiritual mentors or spiritual fathers and mothers. The need is very serious...
Thom Rainer and his son Jess in their new book "The Millennials" tell us about a younger generation of leaders who are mostly in their twenties who “don’t merely want disseminators of knowledge in educational institutions; they want men and women who are examples through their lives as well as their words. They will avoid institutions that treat them like one of the masses; but they will flock to institutions that have transparent and servant-like leaders.”...
Nineteen years ago, I almost quit as the senior pastor of our church. My immaturity as a leader and my...
At our international leadership conference last week the word of the Lord was clear: train, empower, and make a place at the table for...
For years I have been thinking, “What do I want to do when I grow up?” I graduate from Southwestern Christian University in just over 6 weeks, so I am thinking about growing up again. I have had an amazing 60 years; filled with God’s blessing. But I am really excited about the future; for [...]