Getting the Most Out of the Books I Read

Any leader worth their salt will be investing in personal growth by, among other things, reading. It is incredible the vast resource of knowledge and insight that is available via all the books being written today! It is a tragedy if any leader is not feeding themselves from it! For some time I’ve wanted to […]

Doodle Psychology #2

If you saw my first doodle you’ll understand what these posts are about.  Here’s the second doodle that just appeared when I started drawing randomly while thinking and listening (I tend to do that, I’m fidgety by nature).  So, as I always ask.  What do you think this means?

Desktop Application from Web URL’s via Google Chrome

I came across this article on Church Crunch and thought, “this is something I’m already doing!” – but then I realized after watching the video there that I’m actually doing it differently than they suggested.  So I just thought I’d throw up this short screencast on how to create a desktop application using Google Chrome. […]

Going Beyond

I was just reading about American Shaun White’s gold medal run on the halfpipe on Monday and there’s one thing that stands out to me about his performance:  after securing a gold medal with his first run he went all out in his second. He didn’t have to. He could’ve just walked down the pipe for […]

My Daily Workflow

What do you do on a typical work weekday?  My typical work week fluctuates but here’s what I do on a day that I don’t have to travel or have any meetings: When I first wake up my morning routine consists of waking up the kids,  a shower, teeth brush, hair setting, getting dressed, having […]

Raising the Value of Volunteers

One of the things I’ve chosen to work on as part of the staff at my church is raising the profile of volunteers and developing ways for people to find on-ramps to serving in our church.  Any person doing this will tell you that it’s not an easy task.  Still it’s one I relish in […]