Games have endings, but it’s not really about the end. Yes, you want to become a winner, but what happens next? Does LeBron James retire after he becomes MVP or wins the championship? Tiger Woods broke numerous records both in golf and in salary earnings, but what happens next? They play again. They pursue more […]
You might not change the world. But would you change a person? A soul. An individual. A stranger. A friend. You may have lofty plans and strategic partnerships to rid the world of some horrific wrong. You might have investments and mission statements for bringing to market an innovative social enterprise. But do you have […]
1 – Never Fail You’ve made fear and or security your god.You’ll never attempt much, never experience or learn much and thus never grow or go anywhere significant. 2 – Fail Once You’ve taken failure to mean permanent rejection. You see life as still images and miss the motion picture. You’ve been lied to. Everyone you envy, […]
I use to write songs and wanted to see if I had the chops to get approval from Nashville. They told me some songs like mine were suited best for the genre: friends and family. I never went back. Today recalling the event, I see it in a new perspective. I can say “I went […]
Is doing something better than nothing?Is action always better than inactivity? I recently remembered the phase: ‘functional atheism’. With thoughts always on doing something, productivity and success, there naturally becomes an abstinence on the reality and involvement of God. If we stop doing, does that mean nothing is happening? We may believe that God exists, […]
Years ago, when adulthood was first budding and aspirations were as tall as mountains I dreamed of writing books. In my early years of college I was swept away by a world of inspirational writing that claimed I could be different; even better than who I was. Those marketers of the imagination and heart persuaded […]
I was just watching a highlight video of my friend Barry speaking in South Africa. The first thing that stood out was how animated and passionate he was as he told very familiar gospel stories. Then I started to think about the stories. They are over 2,000 years old. Not the most cutting edge illustrations […]
When you have a setup back or disappointment, you can respond to it in one of three ways. First option is to become depressed. I know no one wants this option, and we could all say from outside the situation that we aren’t going to do this. But in reality, the more highly we think […]
Some people soak, ingest and wallow in the output of others. They can sing or rap a dozen lyrics of the most popular songs. They can quote lines from the academy award winning films. They have twitter alerts setup to better recruit or trade their fantasy football teams… Some people ideate, imagine and journal a […]
Are we trying to get it right or get it lived? Eugene Peterson