A simple call today. Live other centric. Other centric unites. Ego centric divides. An other centric mindset means that one lives a life that is about others. While an ego centric mindset puts one’s self first, at the center. Life is lived selfishly. At the root of any conflict or division is an ego, putting…
The girl at the coffee shop was wearing green tinted contacts, turning her eyes into a deep, unreal color. She had veiled her eyes, masked the real color, changing the appearance. Shakespeare called the eyes the “windows to your soul.” Just like the girl at the coffee shop, we mask these “windows to our souls”…
Ever had an event in your life where everything changed? I mean a distinct line in the sand. Life was one way prior to the event, then life was forever altered after the event. Things like marriage, the birth of a child, the move to a new city, the death of someone close to you….
As a dad of three young kids, to say my first trip to Colombia freaked me out is an understatement. The thought of leaving my family behind, headed to the middle of the Amazon Jungle for a week, made me quite uneasy. I wrote about my mindset prior to leaving for that trip in my…
How would others measure your life? What would they measure against? What would be the barometer? After leadership changes in Israel and Judah in 1 and 2 Kings, a description is consistently repeated about the one leading the country. In this description of their leadership style, the king’s relationship with God is the benchmark of…
He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam… 1 Kings 16:31 The verse above describes Ahab’s way of doing life. He was King of Israel, born into royalty. To Ahab, his daily actions were “trivial,” of little importance. His way of life included building false idols, literally making wooden images and…
So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do you want me to do?” Acts 9:6 The “road to Damascus” is a very well-known story of Saul. After the death of Jesus on the cross, Saul was threatening and murdering followers of Christ. On his journey to Damascus, looking to arrest those that were following…
Talent without loyalty drives division. Creativity without loyalty follows the same path. In fact, fill in the blank with your favorite personal trait, leave out loyalty, and you will find a joyless, self-fulfilled life. Loyalty is arguably the most over-looked and evasive quality in our culture today. It is rarely emphasized in an evaluation or…
Acts 3 finds Peter and John headed to the temple. The picture is one of a crowd headed into a church service. A lame man, crippled from birth, has been placed at the entrance, asking for money. In the midst of the crowd, Peter stops, “fixing his eyes on him.” Peter paused, made direct eye…
And just like that, she is 18. The words on the page penetrated my soul. My wife posted a picture of our oldest daughter on Facebook with the above words. I stared at the picture, and she stared back at me. Beautiful, wise, a young woman ready to tackle life. I have been told by…