Millennials aren’t the only ones leaving the church. Everyone is; and I’m convinced this is because we’ve forgotten about Jesus. In our cluttered and complicated daily life, it’s easy living like we know best—like we know exactly what to do to live the sort of life that we want. But the truth is, we weren’t […]
Leadership
Be the How-To Person Everyone Goes To
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who go to others for help, and those who have people coming to them for help. To have the latter be a majority standard in our lives is obviously the prized position. We want to be the person who has a specific knowledge, one that […]
6 Reasons Spiritual Leaders Can Be More Successful Than Most
A mistake we make in discussing leadership is that we pin the spiritual leader as only leading a church or family in spiritual matters. While it’s true that a spiritual leader might do this, a spiritual leader is also one who leads in a business. This is because a spiritual leader is not defined as […]
The Formula for Success Jesus Followed
I don’t believe there is one surefire way to guarantee success in this world, but I do believe there is a way to make success highly possible in one’s life. The other day I was sitting in a restaurant eating steak tips with a few friends. One friend leaned into me and asked how my […]
Focused Work: The Secret to Productivity, Promotions, and Work-Life Balance
This is Part 4 of my Divine Productivity Hacks series. Click here to see the other posts in the series! We live in a time of impoverished attention—in our work, in our families, and in our goals. According to a study done by the National Center of Biotechnology Information, the average attention span of a […]
The Guide to Making Dreams Happen in 2015
People know me as a dreamer. I’m lucky that when they refer to me as this, it is a positive term. For others, a dreamer is a negative term, noting that the person is not grounded within reality and chasing fantasies of success. That’s not me. And I’m guessing, you don’t want to be that […]
You Don’t Fail for Trying
To be honest, whenever I try anything new, I’m scared. Why? Because I used to be overly concerned about how I came across to people. I feared that people judged me for always starting new endeavors, like building a startup or starting a new blog. What made it worse was that I wanted the public […]