Without even knowing it, I've created intentional stress in my life ... and those who are doing the pushing and pulling tell me it's a good thing. That's …
My DISC Dilemma: Am I Really Such a Terrible Person?
The most interesting class I had in graduate school was one in organizational behavior at Arkansas State University. Never having really considered the …
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40 Things You Feel 40 Days After Your Dad Dies
Every single word in the Bible has meaning. Significant meaning. The words are there at the whisper, the love, and sometimes even the anger of …
What These Numbers Say to Me…
One of the best things that has blessed my life over the last couple of months has been the opportunity to re-connect with my best friend from high …
My beautiful wife…that’s all I’m sayin’ today…
Paying Someone to Yell at Me…
I love sports. And for me, there is no greater time in sports than March. The NCAA basketball championship, known more commonly as "March Madness," has …
How to Write a Great Book: Lessons from Ezekiel
For transparency's sake I should mention two things. First, I have lived in the magazine and newspaper publishing industry for quite a few years, but have yet …
One Click…
You wouldn't expect a 45-year-old guy from Arkansas to be the most techno-savvy knife in the drawer. And that would be right. I've always been a late adopter, …
Hooking your reader with your first line
A great first line is essential. This is a really good one. …
Seismic Testing & Gut Checks
I hope you have a dream, and if you do, I hope you are pursuing that dream, now. There have been quite a few in my own life, there are some now, and I know …
Evidence
Really interesting insight on a controversial "religious" topic most people don't talk much about. …
What Would it Look Like if… (Part 2)
You responded to that newspaper ad about the need for foster parents for at-risk children, physically challenged and developmentally disabled? You took just a …
What Would it Look Like if …
... we shattered our categories? "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must …
You Can’t Handle the Truth!
An exchange from a great scene in the movie: " A Few Good Men." Judge Randolph: *Consider yourself in Contempt!* Kaffee: *Colonel Jessep, did you order the …
The Best Business Advice I Ever Got?
I've been blessed with a diverse career in journalism, publishing, fundraising, marketing and branding and even owned a small business for a period of time. In …
A Fixed Point of Light
In his inaugural address in 1989 incoming president George Herbert Walker Bush initiated a domestic effort to recognize volunteer, humanitarian and community …
Light that Motivates
I'm a big believer in the value of personality profiling, especially when it comes to how we relate to others in the workplace and in social settings. A few …
Mistaken Light
You are a natural seeker of Light. So am I. Just one part of God's great Design is that we are seekers of light. Our soul needs it; our skin needs it, our …
The Seasons of Light
(Blogger's Note: In the ongoing series on Light, today's bonus post is a guest blog from Dana Watkins, who just happens to be my wife, best friend and partner …
Why William Wallace, Maximus, Gus McRae and Jack Black Would be the Perfect Church Leadership
I'm a moderately passionate movie buff and have a handful of movies, that probably like you, I could watch endlessly. Mostly I'm drawn to movies that have …