Monday Morning Musings

There’s a lot on my mind today, but nothing that sees to be formulated into a compelling blog idea.  So let’s call it “Monday Morning Musings” and we’ll see if it sticks… Yesterday was an unbelievable day at Cross Point.  I don’t have regular Sunday highlights because the entire message was a video documentary of […]

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Second Chairs & See-Saws

If you are in the second chair, you have not been called to a place of comfort; you have been called to a place of leadership.“ This quote is from one of my all-time favorite books entitled Leading from the Second Chair: Serving Your Church, Fulfilling Your Role, and Realizing Your Dreams (Jossey-Bass Leadership Network […]

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Second Chairs & See-Saws

If you are in the second chair, you have not been called to a place of comfort; you have been called to a place of leadership.“ This quote is from one of my all-time favorite books entitled Leading from the Second Chair: Serving Your Church, Fulfilling Your Role, and Realizing Your Dreams (Jossey-Bass Leadership Network […]

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Cultivate Her THIS FRIDAY!!

I’ve been hanging out at the Velocity Conference hosted by ChurchPlanters.com yesterday and today.  It’s been a great time to connect with some great church leaders! Yesterday my dear friend and mentor Sherry Surratt led a break-out discussion about “Engaging Women in Leadership”.  Its exciting to see this topic growing in church circles and I […]

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The Crazy Dark Days

Leadership is lonely. We know that.  We’ve been told that a zillion different ways from a million different leaders. But, have you ever had one of those days that is beyond just lonely?  One of those days where it feels so dark, like the world is closing in and you want to just walk away? […]

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Me Too.

This past Saturday night we decide to head to the mall to hang out for the night.  We had no particular agenda… just to walk around and spend some time hanging out.  As we wandered we came upon a bookstore and it occurred to me that there was a new book I wanted to get.  […]

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Dreaming in my “Fancy Dress”

This is me, somewhere around the age of 4 or 5 in my “fancy dress.”  Truth is… this is nothing more than a nightgown that I somehow determined was my fancy dress.  When I put my fancy dress on I believed it transformed me into this amazing entertainer, wowing the crowds with my vocal prowess… […]

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Dreaming in my "Fancy Dress"

This is me, somewhere around the age of 4 or 5 in my “fancy dress.”  Truth is… this is nothing more than a nightgown that I somehow determined was my fancy dress.  When I put my fancy dress on I believed it transformed me into this amazing entertainer, wowing the crowds with my vocal prowess… […]

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A Dangerous Enemy

As typical siblings do, my sister and I fought over EVERYTHING when we were growing up.  We knew how to push each others’ buttons and we thoroughly enjoyed doing it.  Most times our battles were over who got the last piece of cake, who got to sit in the front seat of the car, or […]

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Poverty of the Soul

People are going through the torture of being unwanted, rejected… and I think that is the greatest suffering and the greatest poverty today. Mother Teresa Today we visited Motherhouse where Mother Teresa lived the majority of her life in Calcutta.  We visited her tomb as well as saw the room where she spent the majority […]

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