2026 Impact Others Journal

How do you introduce yourself when meeting someone? Maybe job title, accomplishments, or even honors that you have received. We all have something in that intro that we use to draw immediate equity, honor, respect. Our self worth can get tied up in that introduction. That becomes our identity. If we lose that identity, we…

Returning reconciles relationships. Returning is the act of going back to somewhere you have been. Taking the long road back to where the mistake was made, the conversation happened, the division started. Returning shows humility. Only the humble are broken enough to go back. Returning displays love. If one returns, one deeply cares. Returning is…

Great legacies are always built on perseverance. If this is true, why are we surprised, dismayed, confused, when our life requires it? When we were ending our fishing trip in Florida, the Captain was throwing the remaining bait fish in the water. One landed on the pier, one inch from falling in the water. It…

In the midst of the persecution of the church, soon after Paul had been forced to leave Thesssalonica, he pens these words to his friends. “Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you, and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another…

Talent without loyalty drives division. Creativity without loyalty follows the same path. In fact, fill in the blank with the most glorified personal trait, leave out loyalty, and you will find a selfish life. Loyalty is arguably the most over-looked and evasive personal quality today. It is rarely emphasized in an evaluation or analyzed in…

What would you say is the most vital character trait? At lunch one day, a young, talented leader asked my opinion on if he should stay in his current role or jump ship to take an elevated position. As we talked about his current position, he was a bit frustrated that a promotion and elevated…