I’ve always wanted to be a star – to shine – to be known. I dream great dreams. I want to accomplish great things. It seems it’s who I am. Others have affirmed this too. I’ve been told, “You were born to shine.” “You will change the world.” But my heartfelt dreams and these well-intentioned […]
The new year comes roaring in and before I know it all my well-intentioned plans are sidelined. As February begins I wonder what happened to my commitment to breathe deeper, to revel in scripture more, to Sabbath well and sit with God more frequently. It happens E V E R Y year. For the last […]
Some of my best leadership development has occurred in the context of a small group of peers who find themselves wrestling with the challenges of daily life as a high capacity leader. That’s why I believe in the power of coaching groups for intensive leadership development. I’m excited to announce that we’re accepting applications for […]
Well, it’s the New Year. Ideally I would be giving five suggestions for how to best leverage your leadership or three keys to growing as a leader this year. Most years by the time January 1st rolls around I’ve written out my key goals for the year and planned out the entire calendar. But for […]
UPDATE: THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED ————————————————————- I’m just wrapping up Shelene Bryan’s book Love, Skip, Jump: Start Living the Adventure of Yes Since I made my recent jump, I’m quite interested in hearing how others have jumped too. Shelene’s book is equally convicting and inspiring. Here are a couple of quotes I enjoyed: “An attitude […]
THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED: Congrats to @Umcpastorgina who was the randomly selected winner. —————————————————————- I’ve been playing Christmas music for about a week already. The more of it I play, the more festive I’m feeling! For the next several weeks I have some Christmas music to give away! We’ll start with the new Christmas album […]
Ever since I was a little girl I have loved devouring music. Whether it was Disco Duck on LP, Sha Na Na on cassette or Boyz II Men on CD (don’t judge – you listened to some crazy stuff too!), I would lock myself in my bedroom and play that record until I memorized all […]
We’re having a great Summer at Cross Point! Our summer line-up includes some great speakers, powerful messages and great summer treats. We also have people serving literally around the world. A team left for Honduras today Another team leaves for the Dominican Republic this Tuesday And the rest of us can serve throughout the greater […]
The first two miles are always the worst. It doesn’t matter how conditioned I am or how well I’m rested. My body screams and fights back with every step I take at the beginning of a run. Throw in some additional factors like extreme temperatures, high wind or unruly hills and things get even more […]