Become Effective By Being Selective
In The Purpose Driven Life, Day 3, Rick Warren begins by asking this question: “What drives your life?” In the discussion, Warren talks about “quiet desperation” and “aimless distraction.” All…
Limitations and Strengths
“It is not until we are comfortable with and thankful for our limitations that God empowers us to be used in our strengths.” (Dick Brogden, Live Dead) Fairly often, I’m…
Presence Over Productivity
Productivity = the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services. Generate. Create. Enhance. Bring Forth. We all feel good when…
Pursuing Encouragement Through Fellowship
As an introvert, spending time alone comes quite easily for me. As a writer, aloneness is often required for productivity. Even though my career and my personality promote solitude, and…
Loving Others AS Yourself
Back to the Beginning While immediately associated with romantic love, Valentine's Day’s ties to romantic love actually did not take place until Chaucer’s poetry in the 14th Century. Instead, Valentine's…
Sunday Reflections – Understanding & Improving Our Communication
You cannot NOT communicate. You are always communicating something. I heard this in a college class almost 20 years ago, and it stuck with me. Unfortunately, most of us make too…