For me, there are few times in life that I don’t feel tension, especially when I read the word and pray in the morning. Really… Did that get your attention? :)When I read the Bible and pray, I listen; I ask God what he and I are doing today; I listen some more; I write myContinueContinue reading “The tension I feel when holding God’s Word in one hand & the daily newspaper in the other”
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Real men … do cry.
I grew up out in the high plains near the Colorado border. That’s out where real men don’t cry and everyone is “just fine.” If a little boy did cry, he might hear, “You dry those tears up, buddy, or I’ll give you something to cry about.”So, you didn’t cry! I grew up with well-meaningContinueContinue reading “Real men … do cry.”
One way to spread the love
Smile a lot … Others need it!Abandonment, said Mother Teresa, is an awful poverty. There are poor people everywhere. But the deepest poverty is not being loved.My good pastor friend Gary Grogan from Stone Creek Church in Urbana, IL, has a habit of telling me, “Love you brother,” especially when he says good-bye. He hugsContinueContinue reading “One way to spread the love”
Learn to receive a compliment…
How do you receive compliments and appreciations? Receiving a compliment graciously and assertively is as much of a challenge as giving a gracious, assertive compliment.One time after I preached a sermon someone complimented me. I immediately deflected it saying, “Oh, no big deal. That’s just my job. That’s why I get the big bucks, youContinueContinue reading “Learn to receive a compliment…”
Relational IQ can grow long after IQ (intelligence quotient)
Your raw intelligence doesn’t change much after your teens.Not so your relational intelligence. Author Ken Sande calls relational intelligence “the ability to discern emotions and interests in yourself and others, to interpret them in light of God’s Word, and to then use this insight to manage your responses and relationships constructively.”Of course you have toContinueContinue reading “Relational IQ can grow long after IQ (intelligence quotient)”
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