Leadership at All Levels – “Leading Self”

Last week I shared with you an introduction to my thoughts on leadership at all levels.  Pete and I just finished a series with the Cross Point staff talking about these different levels of leadership: Leading Up Leading Down Leading Peers Leading Self For the next four weeks I’ll share with you our notes from […]

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Sunday Lessons

Another Sunday… If you work or volunteer in ministry full-time, you understand the feeling of “another Sunday”.  It’s amazing how regular and routine Sunday is. Same formula: music + teaching + prayer + announcements = dismiss and start it all over again multiple times. Sometimes I catch myself saying things like: “One down, four more […]

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Fabulous Friday

It’s so good to be home on a Friday!  Here’s what’s on my mind, in my heart and in my plans for this weekend: Much needed long run this morning.  I’ve been a bit under-the-weather this week so my exercise routine has been all out of whack. Some time at the pool.  I fully intend […]

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Suck Up

By nature, I tend to be obedient and compliant. It wasn’t unusual for me to be the “teacher’s pet” or to be accused of “brown-nosing” as I climbed the corporate ladder. I used to get really frustrated when others would make those accusations ,because really and truly I just wanted to do the right thing, […]

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Leadership at All Levels

Something that I hear a lot, especially from younger people is that they aren’t a leader yet because they don’t have the title or position that they assume goes with the responsibility of leadership. I remember feeling this way myself.  I can remember saying things like “when I get to lead, I will…”, “when I’m […]

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Book Review: The Final Summit

Andy Andrews has quickly become one of my favorite story-tellers.  The Noticer was the first book of his that I got my hands on.  In the midst of enjoying a story that sucks you in until you finish the book, I found myself deeply challenged.  Rarely does fiction have that power, but it does when […]

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Honduras Team Wrap-Up

I’m so very proud of our Honduras team.  They accomplished some amazing work this week… they shared the love of Jesus in such tangible ways.  Please keep them in your prayers as the rest of the group travels home Sunday. Here are a couple of videos put together by the amazing Mission Lazarus team.  This […]

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Quick Update

Hey friends!  I snagged a few minutes of good internet time so I thought I would share with you all some thoughts from Monday at the Medical Clinic where I got to work in the pharmacy.  (Btw, there are many reasons why I shouldn’t be trusted to hand out drugs, namely because I don’t know […]

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Hands and Feet

I am spending this week in Tegucigalpa, Honduras with a team from Cross Point. We partner with an awesome organization in Honduras called Mission Lazarus whose mission is to be “a holistic ministry that focuses on basic primary education, skill development, health education and treatment, agricultural development, and preaching and teaching the Word of God.” […]

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Fabulous Friday

I woke up to a rainy Friday morning… kind of puts a damper on my plans for a good long run and some yard work. But after kicking around a little, frustrated by the rain sabotaging my plans, I realize that sometimes it’s good to be limited.  I tend to over-extend, over-commit and over-stress myself […]

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