Leaders and Parents: Can Less Be More?
As it turns out, yes, less can be more when it comes to impact, especially with our words.
Scene 1: A friend of mine was recently telling me about a life changing publication. He was telling me about a report that had been published on the regulation of the sale of cabbage! I don’t know why he felt I needed this information but as it turns out, I did. He told me
I have been challenged with a particular phrase. We have all used it at one time or another. A lot of people talk about it, and you have probably overheard it on more than one occasion. If you were to Google this particular phrase, you would find countless pictures and illustrations of it.
Articles, books and blogs have been dedicated to it. The phrase I am talking about is…
When I Googled the phrase, the most common illustration I saw was a picture of a scale with the word “Work” on one side and the word “Life” on the other. Just like the picture above.
However, as I have thought through the idea of work-life balance I have some questions. In fact, I flat out disagree with
I have been thinking for a while now about the little things we could do to make a big difference to those we touch every day. This includes our kids, co-workers, friends and those we don’t know but brush by during our daily activity.
How can we get our hearts and heads around living out what God put in? I think an easy reminder for each of us is below. Simply finishing the phrases could put feet to our faith and make a difference in us as well as those around us. With that in mind here are 5 Phrases We Should Finish Every Day.
When He saw them, He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were going, they were cleansed. Luke 17:14 NASBStr
Cleansed: The Greek word for cleansed is Katharizō which means, “to cleanse: to make clean.” (From Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance) The idea of this word is to wash away a physical stain or dirt. The words is used 17 times in the Gospels and is used of lepers, pharisees
When Jesus Came Into The World He Was WITH Us
And they will call him Immanuel, which means God is with us. Matthew 1:23b NLTse
When Jesus Left This World He Said He Is WITH Us
And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Matthew 28:20b NLTse
Jesus isn’t just FOR us, He is WITH us and to me that makes a huge difference in how I live my life. He is not distant, he is fully present. There are people in my life who aren’t just FOR me, they are WITH me. I usually
There is a time to cry and a time to laugh. Ecclesiastes 3:4a NCV
“You need to stop that humor stuff, it’s taking away from God’s message!” That was the advice written to me on the comment card that was dropped into the offering plate as it went by then delivered to my office on Monday morning. I still remember the man’s name, “Unknown.” Yes, he actually wrote the name “Unknown.”
As I stared at the words I felt like a failure, I felt hurt, I felt pain. You see, ”There is a time to cry.”
Now, as I retell this story both in writing and speaking around the country I can’t help
