Connections: Love and Leadership

Connections: Love and Leadership

Connections: I love pointing them out in places where they don’t seem very obvious. My teaching style runs along that line and I have always referred to it as connecting the dots. I recently helped a group see some of those connections between love and...
Hitting Life’s Curveballs

Hitting Life’s Curveballs

I know everyone is not a baseball fan, or even a sports fan. And this post is about life, not baseball. But the baseball metaphor is helpful! Life Lessons: What’s a Curveball? Hitting a baseball is difficult. And it gets more difficult when a talented pitcher...
The Cost of Intimacy

The Cost of Intimacy

Intimacy does have a cost, right? Even human wisdom discerns this. You may remember these famous words: Can’t buy me love, can’t buy me love…I don’t care too much for money for money can’t buy me love. – The Beatles Life Lessons:...
Money: The Root Of All Evil?

Money: The Root Of All Evil?

Money is the root of all evil. Has anyone ever said that to you? They may have also said this: God helps those who help themselves. But, I digress…  In I Timothy 6:10a, Paul wrote: For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil… Money itself is not evil....
Faith: Can I Trust Others?

Faith: Can I Trust Others?

The immediate response to the title question is probably, NO! Why? Being let down is one of the life lessons we have all had to learn. Now, at some level we must trust others because none of us serve the Lord as a Lone Ranger. But when it comes to trusting others,...