How would you like a bumper year?...

“You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 Here we sit a few days away from the year end and some of us are still asking, particularly in this economic climate, ‘God, where is the bounty?’  Several questions come to mind: (1) can we expect that God will do an instant fix of a year of sowing and reaping?, and (2)...

“So that…”...

This morning I woke up thinking about how many organizations, and especially businesses run by ‘Christians’, lack a “so that” in the purpose. The inputs are there and they are laudible. But the reason for it all is more milk toast than mind blowing. I am glad we have created a “Kingdom Business Assessment” this past year to much the business is in...

Convergence...

Today someone emailed and said, “I am reading your book, “Convergence: Integrating Your Career, Community, Creativity and Calling”. I have really appreciated the content, especially the section on hearing God.” I also had a discussion with someone contemplating the year-end questions: “Am I in the right job? How do I get the time to think about the future...

The Availability Index...

Years ago I proposed the notion that single women have an index on their foreheads that is relatively easy to spot. Men read this “Availabity Index” and determine the risks of purusing someone who is overly, or underly approachable. A friend recently asked for more information on the index. So on Christmas morning I was brainstorming while writing with the back of my...

The modern day garage...

I have this sneaking suspicion that I am about to create something I will have to clean up again and again. I already have so  many places where cool ideas have grown cold, reduced to zeros and ones. Will this be the burner that keeps all of that stuff warm, simmering away until it organically seeps from the pot of my mind into a more useful mold or three? We shall...