God wants you to be responsive to him. That is what he wants. In the same way an obedient child is responsive to a parent, God the Father desires that of each of us. That is the one thing – to be responsive.

Do you remember the best gift you ever received? I do. It was a treehouse. My parents created a scavenger hunt on Christmas that led me to a sneakily built treehouse in our backyard. I was amazed at their creativity and caring. I had been asking for a while and it was so fun to receive their generosity.

As a parent I enjoy giving gifts…

I believe you need peace today. Peace to start your day. Peace to enjoy your day and peace to end your day. If you are like most leaders, peace is hard to get. Our task driven minds and to-do list techniques drive away peace like…

Thought leaders celebrate others calling them thought leaders. Messengers celebrate the message. To be called a thought leader can easily tip you to think the thoughts you have actually came from you. To be a messenger is to know where the thoughts really came from. The world is fixated on celebrities that make much of themselves. The world usually looks [...]

It was an early morning, dark with a glint of frost in the air. John was quietly packing up his briefcase for another week’s treck into the jungle maze of traffic on his way to his downtown office, careful to not wake up his family in the process. The weekend had been more relaxing than normal. He and the kids [...]