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    4 Times Responsiveness is Critical

    By Business, Church, Leadership

    Responsiveness is extremely important in leadership and organizational health. It’s one of the non-negotiables for teams I lead. (I wrote about those non-negotiables HERE.) Being responsive shows that a leader cares for others, recognizes their value, and is disciplined enough to follow through.

    There are times, however, when I believe responsiveness is not only the wise or right thing to do, but it becomes a life or death situation; at least in terms of protecting the relationship. If you are leading in a church or a business, these individuals demand responsiveness.

    Here are 4 times when responsiveness is life or death:

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    July 6, 2011
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    Intentionally Loving People

    By Christians, Church, Encouragement, God

    As believers, loving others is not to be an option, it’s to be a lifestyle. No one does that better than my wife Cheryl.

    Recently we were on a 3 1/2 hour flight to San Francisco. I was in the window seat, Cheryl was in the middle, and a woman we didn’t know was in the aisle seat. I do some of my best work on a plane, so I was in a groove and time seemed to pass quickly. I knew Cheryl was talking to the other woman, but didn’t pay much attention. I was in a zone and very focussed. (Cheryl’s always complimented me on being able to ignore everything around me 🙂 )

    At one point I looked up, and Cheryl was crying…and so was this woman. Of course my first thought, as every man thinks when a woman cries, was “what did I do?” As I later learned, this woman has just returned from her father’s funeral. Cheryl, who lost her father over a year ago, was able to minister to this woman on the plane to San Francisco. They traded contact information and Cheryl made herself available after this brief encounter ended.

    This week, Cheryl received this email:

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    July 2, 2011
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    My Current Heart Stirrings: Men’s Ministry

    By Culture, Encouragement, Life Plan, Marriage, Parenting

    I did men’s ministry for many years before I went into vocational ministry. Recently I felt led to address the young men in our church. One Saturday morning, I invited men aged 35 and under to join me as I shared some thoughts with them. Basically I said to them what I wish had been said to me at that age. The response from the guys who attended has been amazing. They want more.

    In the process of planning and praying for this event, God did something to my heart. I’m still processing all that means, but I know it involves being more intentional addressing concerns I have for what I see as a need for more godly men to lead in their homes, communities and churches.

    This week I received this email.

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    July 1, 2011
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    The Danger of the Mundane…And How to Fight It…

    By Change, Encouragement, Leadership, Life Plan, Marriage

    A danger exists even in completing the things you have to do as a routine…

    • Routine assignments at work…
    • Routine in relationships…
    • Routine in physical activities…
    • Routine in daily quiet times…
    • Routine in weekly calendaring…

    I call it the danger of the mundane…

    The things we always do, as good as those things may be, can become so routine that they begin to be seen as more of a drag than a pleasure.

    Some of the dangers of the mundane include:

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    June 29, 2011
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    3 Steps to Jump Start Your Spiritual Life

    By Christians, Encouragement, Faith

    Have you been in a spiritual slump lately? Can you not seem to get out of the funk of the slump?

    I have had several seasons of life where I simply didn’t feel close to God. Obviously, as the old saying goes, “I moved, not God.” I’ve learned a few things about the process of getting out of a spiritual slump.

    Here are 3 easy ways to jump start your spiritual life:

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    June 26, 2011
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    Vacation Preferences

    By Culture, Family

    We are on a few days vacation this week. We came with another couple to the San Francisco area. Cheryl and I have traveled extensively, and we’ve been to California, but never to this part of the state. Even only after our first full day we love this place! It was a gorgeous day and we explored the famous Lombard Street, Fisherman’s Wharf, and walked every inch of Alcatraz today. In addition, I ran 6 miles along the bay this morning. We came back to our hotel exhausted.

    This is not an atypical day for Cheryl and me on vacation. On every vacation we are never still, seeing everything we can in the time we are away, and we often go home more tired than when we left. That’s how we do “vacation”.

    How do you do it?

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    June 24, 2011
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    Your Story Isn’t Too Big for Me To…

    By Encouragement, Faith, Fear, God

    About once a month, someone shares a story with me that’s big. I get stories all the time, but I’m talking about the kind of story that makes your jaw flop open when you hear it…that kind of big story.

    I’ve quit being surprised when it happens, but I’m usually surprised that it’s happening to the person telling me the story. Usually this type of story starts with a phrase such as “I hope you’ll still be my friend after I tell you this...” or “Please don’t give up on me when I tell you this…”

    Someone made a huge error…they messed up…they sinned…

    What surprises me most, however, is that no matter how much I preach with grace, in spite of the fact that “grace” is in our church’s name, even though I’m not bashful about saying I’ve had tremendous failures in my own life…

    People still worry how I will respond to them.

    Guilt does that too a person…and struggling with the emotions after a moral failure is often one of the hardest consequences…

    Let me make one thing perfectly clear, however…

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    June 22, 2011
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