"Let my expressions of love always surpass my pursuit of knowledge."...
I’m currently revisiting a series of talks released a year ago by Andy Stanley entitled “Your Integrity, Our World”. I’m a big fan of content about personal character development. Character development is of paramount importance because it impacts every area of our lives. However, as is true of many aspects of our culture, the importance...
What does it mean to be here? To me, being here is about a quality of presence. It’s about honoring the person, space, or activity in front of me. Sure it begins with attendance—putting your physical body in a locale. For me, it ends with generosity. One cannot truly be here (as I mean it) if they...
Each week, I review all ten of my BE Words (my core values) and choose one to focus on practicing. Usually I cycle through my list of words in order. The past two weeks were different. I’m finding myself camping out on the word Discipline. Week one I improved my discipline in the practice of tracking...
Maybe the most difficult responsibility each of us must navigate is that of clearly defining our definition of what is most important. Of equal importance (and perhaps equal difficulty) is the task of guarding that priority in a world that has a vested interest in making us forget it. This dilemma is why one of my...
My book club is one of the most rejuvenating and inspiring relational environments my life. This group of encouraging and thoughtful individuals meets on a weekly basis to discuss the ideas and application we draw out of the literature we decide to read. The club agreed to act as my beta reader group for my upcoming...
This is my word of the year: Engage. And this is a journal entry. Public or not, I’m not going to let these entries become too formal. I’m approaching this entry coming straight out of morning pages—three pages of uninterrupted, stream-of-consciousness style writing. I’m going to keep that same energy but attempt to make it a little...