Earlier this week, I was talking with a friend about servant leadership and realized I haven’t written about it on my blog. Servant leadership is core to my philosophy of life, work, leadership, and ministry. I first heard about servant leadership at the Leadership Summit conferences years ago and discussed it much during my graduate [...]
This short 18-minute film is nothing short of amazing. It’s so powerful you would want to watch it more than once. Filled with hope and redeeming metaphors, it may be what you need to watch today to help you overcome limitations set by yourself and by others. Starring Eduardo Verástegui (Bella) and Nick Vujicic and [...]
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Serenity is one of those emotional and spiritual states that we love, but struggle to find. Serenity is the presence of peace and the absence of stress and anxiety. Unfortunately, the world we live in, is not designed to favor or support serenity. We have to work hard to find and sustain it and they [...]
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In this article, I want to address “Haiti’s pact with the devil” and a response to the insensitive remarks by Pat Robertson.
A lot has been said about Haiti and this is only the beginning. My other blog posts can wait. Haiti has captured my heart. More than 100,000 are presumably dead. The earthquake has been [...]
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We are hours away from the New Year. I am excited to witness (and be part) of what God will do in 2010!
I feel ready because I’ve done my homework. I’ve taken the time to process the year and take it all in: the good, the bad, and the ugly. What is done, it’s done [...]
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Carlos Whitaker (artist, musician, and blogger) rallied his crew to shoot the EPK for his new record at a park in Atlanta.
Suddenly, Danny, a homeless guy that happened to be around, showed up and approached Carlos and the crew. Danny knelt down, lifted his hands, and with tears on his eyes…
Carlos blogged about this:
If you [...]
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It doesn’t matter where I turn, online or on TV, someone is writing, commenting, or passing judgment on Tiger Woods. I’ve rarely seen/heard any traces of grace, forgiveness, hope, understanding, or respect. The “biggest story this Holiday Season” has received more attention than the 30,000 troops Obama deployed to Afghanistan, health-care, the credit crisis in [...]
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The best from the Leadership Summit – Day 2 below. If you missed my previous article (Gold Nuggets – Day 1), please click here to read it. To get all my notes from Day 1 and 2, email me.
The Leadership Summit, hosted by the Willow Creek Association, is the largest annual leadership event [...]
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Every year, the Willow Creek Association, hosts the Leadership Summit, which has become the largest leadership conference in the world. Some of the top gold nuggets (quotes) from the conference are below. If you really want more insights/quotes, email me and I’ll be happy to send you all my notes from the conference (10+ pages).
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