The picture above is me with my two Super Bowl rings and one NFC Championship ring. The smaller ones are from the Super Bowls XXXI and XXXII (1997 and 1998) during the Brett Favre era. We won in ’97 and lost in ’98, hence the NFC championship ring instead of a Super Bowl ring. And…
Being a pastor is such a demanding and challenging job that it’s normal to feel inadequate—like either God made a mistake and called the wrong person for the job or you made a mistake in thinking he called you. You are trying your best, but maybe you aren’t as “naturally gifted” as the pastors you idolize….
I’m not an emotional guy. My wife would attest that I can be emotionally dense. So I often don’t understand why I have feelings (or even that I have them at all) until much later. One of the major things I was unprepared for entering into ministry is the emotional toll that it would take…
Every athlete must train to win. Nobody can sit on the couch eating Cheetos for months and hope to compete. The best athletes are intensely disciplined. They follow strict diet and exercise regiments to beat their body into peak physical condition, so when the game is on the line, they are ready. We know this…
Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, fake news, Enron, Barry Bonds, Lance Armstrong, Ted Haggard, and countless other examples prove that lies are a major problem on the front page of the news and in the church. Most people would agree that lying is wrong. But while we don’t trust or want to associate with liars, the…
Have you ever felt unprepared? This year, my four-year-old son began his first season playing flag football. It didn’t go as expected. When we arrived for his first practice and scrimmage, we learned that our coach had a personal emergency and would not be able to help our team this year. Since I was the only…
Readers are leaders, and leaders are learners. As a leader of God’s people, you can’t ever be done growing, learning and improving. The day you stop learning is the day you stop growing, and often the start of your decline. You need to develop an insatiable appetite for life-long learning. And today, with the internet…
We have a problem. Let’s call it for what it is. America is full of “Christian” leaders who don’t lead like Jesus. By all the numbers, they are getting the job done, but at what cost? Whenever a “Christian” politician or businessperson chooses power and profit over people, Jesus gets a bad name. Every time…
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