“May God visit you with grace in your season of transition. I pray that the barren landscape of trial will become the fertile soil of new growth. May our gracious God revive your spirit and restore your laughter. May you find him in your pain and trust him in your waiting. May the one who redeems a... Read More..
There is a gift we give ourselves and can offer to those around us when faced with stress or a presenting problem or a disagreement. That gift is called "the gap." It is a place we create - a moment in time carved out immediately following the arrival of a problem or event or interaction that has t... Read More..
Jesus who knows us so well knows that from time to time life gets out of balance and the remedy is to rest. Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do... Read More..
Change has many faces. One of those faces is to understand how change happens in individuals. One personal change model I came across in my reading resonanted and I thought I'd share the basics of it with you in this month's article. As I write this, I'm sitting in an airport in London England on m... Read More..
This month I want to reflect on five questions that have been on my mind lately. These questions come out of my ministry context as I serve part time as a Transitional Leader and Coach in a couple of congregations. My responses to the questions are not absolute answers but rather my approach at thi... Read More..
The Vancouver 2010 Olympics are now in our rear-view mirror and for many of us, still very fresh in our minds. I had the privilege of seeing up close some of the events and witness first hand the thrill of victory and the disappointment of defeat. One indispensable attribute that an Olympic athlete... Read More..
On that afternoon when faced with a crowd of hungry people, the disciples came face to face with their own sense of inadequacy. Their idea was to send the crowd away to find their own food. Jesus idea was to have them feed them and said to them, "You give them something to eat." The disciples looke... Read More..
"You don't seize your big moments in a single moment. Those opportunities come because you seized all your small moments before it." [Jacoby Ellsbury, outfielder, Boston Red Soz] "You've all been to the stadium and seen the athletes race. Everyone runs; one wins. Run to win. All good athletes train... Read More..