Tweet When a new leader enters the picture, the opening days are critical to the leader’s success. First impressions matter. In the numerous times I’ve been the “new guy”, I’ve…
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Tweet I was talking with a pastor recently who had a hard decision to make. After much prayer and wise counsel, he was certain this decision would positively impact the…
Tweet I once asked one of my mentor pastors, (make sure you have one of those) who is in his 90’s now, how he was able to implement major changes…
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:
Tweet We moved downtown… After we became empty-nesters, Cheryl and I sold the house where we raised our boys and purchased a condominium in the downtown area of our city….
Tweet I read recently that the creators of Google weren’t looking to create Google when they discovered the complex way of indexing pages. They were working on a research project…
There are some things we can’t change and some things we can. Learning the difference and adjusting accordingly is in large part one of the secret’s of a happy life. Let me list a few and you’ll see what I mean.
The current thought process for most of us these days is about what’s new…
It’s important to be current…which means often we are making decisions quicker…
It makes the word “moment” more important than ever…
We all want to live in the moment as much as possible, and culture is demanding it these days…
I want to join the party, but I’m reminded of an important principle…
Living in the moment can be dangerous…
It’s great in theory, but some moments can get you off track…
Unless…
We are all different. Yesterday I posted about whether a pastor could serve in political office…as expected…I got different opinions. (Read them HERE…and add your own.)
I’m learning to embrace diversity…not to run from it…
Throughout the year I’m going to ask some questions to see a difference of opinion. Here are this week’s questions: